Reviews tagging 'Grief'

De zwemmers by Julie Otsuka

22 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

The tone of the first two chapters was so different from the remainder of the book that it was a little jarring. I was not expecting where the story went, but I appreciated the depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Dementia

Moderate: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement and War

sadhbhprice's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and War

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

the writing felt a little disjointed and unfinished, but maybe i just didn’t really get/appreciate it? idk. i really liked both halves separately. i appreciated the mentions of frontotemporal dementia, and how we treat/handle people with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

aseel_reads's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The first half of this made me want to start swimming again and the second half of this made me want to hug my mum and a bit worried about the dementia genes in my family...

I really liked the way this was written, in the repetitive way of stating facts that advanced the plot, pretty unique and very easy to understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Racism

rainbowarpaint's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

enlamont's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Dementia

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bon_xx's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Dementia

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and War

hullosweetpea's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

For such a small book, it packs a punch. The second pov never felt forced or ham-fisted and instead lent itself to an easy dive into the story. Masterful in its execution with beautiful and concise language.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Confinement and Death of parent