Reviews tagging 'Grief'

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

25 reviews

kiahsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Miscarriage and Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

cshcolson's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Suicide, Grief, and Stalking

hollymileham's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

no spoilers bc abi hasnt read this yet & its hers
but very impressed with this story
and also very creeped out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Stalking

bugaboobear's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Absolutely fantastic mystery. I loved the complex characters and the multiple POV's were perfect for showing how we bullshit and rationalize to ourselves. 

This is very much a book for people who enjoy morally grey characters. If your main character has to be a good guy for you to enjoy it, give it a pass. 

I also really loved seeing the complex workings of what running an Instagram account for a living is actually like. It seemed very realistic to me and I found it super interesting. 

It had a fantastic ending but the last couple pages watered it down a bit in my opinion. I also thought that one particular scene went on excessively long.

The scene in which the baby is found dead was really drawn out.

Overall, a fantastic book and I can't wait to pick up the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Miscarriage, Excrement, Abortion, and Gaslighting

millerralice's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abortion

ju_harue's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.5

O thriller em si, não curti tanto, tinha potencial mas não me pegou tanto, acho que não foi tão bem trabalhado quanto almejou ser em algumas formas dos desenrolar dos fatos.
Porém as discussões sobre redes sociais, os impactos que os influenciadores podem exercer nas vidas dos seguidores, a exposição, o que é verdade e o que acaba sendo o trabalho; isso achei bem colocado, a um ponto de questionar sobre o que consumimos meio automaticamente, como refletem em nós e o que iremos expor. A construção dos personagens achei um tanto quanto confusa, me pareceu querer abordar vários tópicos e características que algumas vezes se divergiam em outras atitudes dos mesmos, fiquei com a impressão que queria abraçar muitas coisas e nao tinha necessidade de tanto.
Em resumo, não foi um livro incrível pra mim, mas também não foi horrível. Tem vários gatilhos que deixarei listados no Storygraph para quem tiver sensibilidade (e que podem ser spoilers).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

haleysversion's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

modernthymes's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I would have given this book a higher rating if not for the ending.

Dan whining about Emmy's job during the whole book (while being financially useless himself) only to have a complete 180 after he's able to take over the account and capitalize on it himself. What a scrub.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

kernowme's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

danaslitlist's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

What was the point of this book? Honestly,  what was the point of that ending? Because if this was supposed to be a critique on social media and the dangers of mommy bloggers why the hell would the author attempt to make us sympathize after everything we witnessed? Is that a commentary on how bad guys win? If so even that failed spectacularly.

I’m so mad that I wasted my time but even more mad that this has the bones of a great story but absolutely fumbled everything else 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Abortion