Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

5 reviews

sallytiffany's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Wow!! Wow!! Finished in a day and absolutely incredible. It made me so happy how well it handled trauma and gave a realistic ending. It was so so well done. Can’t praise it enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

fairy_internet's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Dementia, and Pregnancy

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

ehaufek's review against another edition

dark emotional informative lighthearted 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

3.75

one of the first books i really loved, not the most beautiful writing but amazing characters.
i read it really fast veryvery good
covers hard topics in a non-graphic way (4 young teens)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

melissajohnson2017's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Car accident