Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Apaixonei-me Pela Esperança by Lancali

61 reviews

emily_r_d3's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

leafilys's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katvrse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

do not read this book it destroyed me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the best books I've ever read/listened to. While there are lots of tough moments (check the content warnings) it's an incredibly beautiful, heartwarming, and moving book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

drbunny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.75

The concept is interesting and enlightening. The author absolutely has a lot of talent and potential. With more practice and refining, they can go far. 
I do feel the metaphors dragged on too long. As lovely as they were, it took away from some of the emotional moments. I also found that some of the dialogue was repeated so often that the sayings lost their impact. (Ex: "You're okay. I've got you," was said whenever someone had a an emotional moment)
I also would have appreciated a break in between character deaths. 3 in a row was quite a lot.
 That all being said, i did enjoy the novel and hope to see the growth I believe Lancali is capable of!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

pagesofplatypus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

"Time, Disease, and Death are the greatest thieves in the world."

I Fell in Love with Hope is a beautiful, unique, and masterful exploration of death, grief, despair, loneliness, illness, and hope.

The story alternates between the now and before of our narrator, Sam. The now introduces us to chronically positive and passionate Sony, ill-tempered but deeply caring Neo, and endlessly kind and protective Coeur. Each tries in their own way to steal back everything time, disease, and death has and will take from them. The group eagerly welcomes in Hikari, a golden-haired, golden-eyed girl who battles her own demons.

"We spent our whole lives together pretending, but if you pretend for too long, reality reminds you one way or another that it doesn't like being insulted."

The writing is incredibly poetic and infused with such strong emotion as we come to love each character as deeply as Sam. Even as you know deep down these kids will not escape death's clutches, you do still cling to a hope. A hope that they will steal as much time and hope and love as they can.

I also love how much agency each character has. They break rules. They create. They don't let others tell how they're supposed be. They do steal from time, from the diseases, and even from death itself. They face limitations from their illnesses but they don't let it limit their hope or their love.

"You know you never wanted us to be happy, Sam. Happiness is a brittle,
fleeting thing.
You wanted us to feel loved, and we did."

I Fell in Love with Hope does such a good job showing what it means to love and be loved. That you don't have to find a cure. That to despair is not to be broken. That love can't stop death but it is vital.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

hazyskyys's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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

3.75

this is a wonderful book with a beautiful theme and message. however, i think the writing was too flowery and complex and it made the reading drag a lot at some points. i do think the language helped it in some specific parts (there were portions that felt very fittingly poetic and it added a lot to the emotions this book brought me) but i don’t think it was necessary throughout the whole. i really enjoyed the characters and their dynamics but i was not a huge fan of the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, and Suicide

serenedancer's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

This is a very depressing book, but I went in knowing that. 

I really enjoyed the prose, the characters and the relationships. It does have a lot of purple prose, so if that's not your flavor then I wouldn't read it. But I felt that it really worked. 

The relationships were all very well done, but somehow the parent-child relationship between Sony and Eric really stuck out to me. I felt like it was really well done, and that one scene (no spoilers) broke my heart. 

I guessed the "deal" with the main character, but I still feel like it was well told and well revealed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ash_cash0's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

theyarelex's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

Fabulous debut book for an author so young with well thought out characters and some food for thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide, and Vomit