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ksilvio's review
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder
rainbowmidwife's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Grief
drwhy's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Suicide
mj_86's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident
baguettegay's review
- 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
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Suicide
m3lwar3's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
award92's review
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ceruleanseas's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity
pixiebell12's review
- 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
Grief is a difficult subject to write about well in this way, but Klune masterfully constructed a compelling story with complex characters, covering all kinds of loss. This book manages to both respect the finality of death, whilst allowing the reader to vicariously live the grievers' dream of their loved ones continuing to be with them literally even after they've gone. This is not without the balance and reverence of how loss can be incredibly devastating, a necessary and realistic balanced tone carried throughout.
The messaging of how nobody is lost, even if you die and are unsatisfied with life, was another wonderful element of this book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wallace become less of a bastard.
I absolutely loved this story. If you're umming and ahhing about whether you should read it, and are reading reviews to work out if it's worth it, I can say it is and you should.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident