Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Good Luck with That: A heartfelt and emotional story from the bestselling author of TikTok sensation Pack up the Moon by Kristan Higgins

4 reviews

amb2028's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

geenamarie7's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

zasou_reads's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is a all-too-acfurate deep dive into issues women face every day: body image, beauty standards, and self-worth. The story is about three friends who meet at fat camp the summer they turn 18 before jumping fifteen years into the future. All the women are struggling, but Emerson, we discover, is suffering the most. In the first chapter, we learn that Emerson has died due to extreme obesity. Her dying wish is that her friends, Marley and Georgia, complete a bucket list that they all wrote that one glorious summer.

The rest of the novel alternates between Marley and Georgia, and includes a few of Emerson's journal entries. The women go on a journey of self-acceptance and self-discovery. They learn how to cope with trauma and heart break. They learn how to take responsibility and when to realize that the blame isn't entirely on them. They seek balance, and, through trial and error, eventually find it.

The book is realistic, and often painful. You really feel for the characters, even when you don't agree with them. I knew I was hooked when I found myself talking back to the page and giving my advice as if they could hear me, as if they were my friends.

Though the book has some pretty heavy themes--pun not intended--it ultimately leaves the reader feeling hopeful and happy for the two women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Mass/school shootings