Reviews tagging 'Grief'

500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan

8 reviews

mrsfishreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, thoughtful book. I cried quite a few times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Medical content, Car accident, and Medical trauma

laheath's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.5

This was my favorite book of the series!  There were more mentions of the characters from the previous 2 books, so while it could be read as a stand-alone, it was so much better because I had read the first 2 books.  Loveable characters with a sweet, long-distance romance and conflicts in their professional lives surrounded by a fun, supportive cast of secondary characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy

lgcpreads's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I love JC’s stories and the way she includes characters from previous books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

violet_reads's review against another edition

 

The main character, Lissa, is still dealing with the trauma of witnessing the death of her ex's cousin while trying to convince the mother of said teen ( who is dealing with the trauma of losing her son) to donate his organs. She's a complete mess and I don't think she can consent to this in her state. I felt this was incredibly manipulative and definitely not Lissa's place to try and convince the mother that, it should have been other family there to help her with something traumatic like this.

  I couldn't keep reading after this happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

kcbatts's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

Minor: War and Pregnancy

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

After finishing this series, I can wholeheartedly say that Jenny Colgan is one of my new favorite authors. I want to give everyone in this book a big hug and live in this little town. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

pollyhall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Car accident, and Grief

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.5

This was not what I was expecting but it was good! I really enjoyed some of the topics that were brought up like being a black boy/kid and war. I didn’t expect this to be serious. The writing style was kind of odd but it worked. I also thought the two main characters didn’t have enough contact to develop feelings. Oh there’s a trans character which I can’t speak for like the representation but I thought it was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, and Murder