Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

46 reviews

mrslsmith's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Suicide, and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

amberinbookland's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Car accident, Grief, and Death of parent

pensandpicks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

dolphinlvr0920's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Miscarriage and Infidelity

mollyrook's review

emotional funny reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.0

I thought this was a very sweet book, but it didn't wow me, particularly in comparison was Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Suicide, Cancer, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Car accident

micalyia's review

emotional inspiring relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.75

Honestly, such a sweet little story. I loved AJ’s growth, I love detective Lambiase (he was stellar from start to end) and gosh darn it AJ’s love to maya made me so sad (if you wanna come to terms with your daddy issues, this will hurt). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

kaitlyncookies's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

3.5

A cozy book that feels written especially for book lovers. The pacing is great (if anything perhaps it is too fast at times) and the characters are very loveable. Zevin takes what sounds like a cheesy plot and transforms it into something genuine and unique. 3.5/5 ⭐️ because I didn’t love the ending and a couple of the minor plot points. Regardless I always found myself reaching for this and finished it quickly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

blewballoon's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.0

This was a really good story, definitely one of those types of books that is written for people who love being around books. There were a lot more plots and characters than I expected, and I think they all were given just enough time, but maybe could have had more? I wasn't as emotionally impacted by the emotional parts, but based on the tone of the book I'm not sure I was really supposed to be. The book felt more about the general ups, downs, and surprises of life in a way that I don't think was meant to be super heavy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Car accident, Miscarriage, Suicide, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Vomit, Racism, and Death of parent

theknitgeek's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.75

I love books about books, books about libraries, and books about librarians. Apparently, I also love books about bookstores and the people who sell books. A.J. Fikry is now high up on my list of Favorite Characters in Books. My only question is why I waited so long to read it. 

It is possible that Gabrielle Zevin is sliding into a space once held by some other favorite author. Can one have too many favorite authors? 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide, and Death of parent

bakergirlsbooks1999's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

This book was powerful. I loved the story and while it may have took me some time to get into at first I quickly was able to make my way through it absorbed by the story of the bookstore owner A. J. Fikry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Abandonment, Vomit, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness