Reviews tagging 'Death'

How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

140 reviews

reading_in_maine's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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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annamay1021's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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fkshg8465's review against another edition

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

2.5

I actually think 3 stars is generous of me. Her sister’s death doesn’t get really delved into even a little bit until chapter 22, yet this is the whole reason these two think they can’t or shouldn’t be together (this is not a spoiler - comes up almost immediately). There’s never an acknowledgement that there’s also the matter of workplace sexual harassment (he works for her!!!). The book would’ve been better if it dealt with her relationship with her sister and parents more instead of minimally in the last few chapters. Also needed to address Grant’s psyche more instead of just surface cover.
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lagray27's review against another edition

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3.0

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penguins_save_lives's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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dcnireads's review against another edition

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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? No

5.0

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sparklingpynk's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad
This one starts off VERY strong/intense and borderline morbid. The way a love story blossoms from this unfortunate and traumatic moment in each of their lives is honestly done quite well by this author. There are many questions I feel were left unanswered in a way that I felt there are holes in this story. Certain parts felt rushed and like we sort of jumped into certain pivotal moments in their separate lives and their love story. Despite having taken longer than usual to listen to an audiobook this length, I say this was a pretty easy read/listen. I could see this plot being triggering for some so be mindful if you have TWs around death of a sibling, car accidents, grief, and suicide.
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clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

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dark 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

4.0

I found this book incredibly well-written and moving, but I wouldn't exactly call it enjoyable to read. This is a heavy, sad, and tortured story, and there's not a lot of relief even in the "happy ending." That's of course the point - life is complicated, and the situation in this book is incredibly complicated - but it's a little more bittersweet than I usually prefer in my romance books. Then again, this isn't exactly a romance book so much as it's a story about living with extreme tragedy and figuring out how to make peace with old versions of yourself and of your parents' expectations of yourself. For pure enjoyment of this book I'd probably give it three stars, but I'm going with four stars because I did find it really powerful and thought-provoking.
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spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

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

3.0

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anh_off's review against another edition

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challenging emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not a perfect book by any means. I thought they handled the complicated grief well. The romance.... I just didn't really understand why they fell for each other. But if I suspended my disbelief, it was fine.  Helen's relationship with her parents also gave me pause, sure her mom wasn't great but it felt like Helen wasn't even trying to understand where they were coming from (literally), it was just woe is me, my parents don't hug me and never said I love you.
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