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maryclaire92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
thebankofbooks'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder
gphemsley'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
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
The entire story deals with grief, death, and the aftermath of death. It's not particularly graphic, but most of the story involves ghosts and how they came to be.vvabecca's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
_nutella52's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Car accident
Minor: Racism, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
marsonmars'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Car accident
tiernanhunter'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 and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
erebus53'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
4.0
What happens when an utter jerk falls down dead and nobody cares? It sounds like the setup for an off-colour joke but that is the basic premise of this book. This is a redemption story that I haven't seen the like of since, The Good Place. It's not quite as funny, but definitely moving in places.
This story had me in tears from about chapter 17. In some ways I felt a bit like I was being played. There were corny asides and comedic beats (because who doesn't love an irreverent ghost dog that ghost-pees on oblivious mean people)
interwoven with the hard sob-stories, passionate regrets, rage, and loss, and failure, and grief. It felt like these hard emotions were all pulled out into the light like boxes of old photos long hidden under the bed. *cough*crying? not me.. NO... just allergic to uhm, dust *sniffle*
The characters in the story are of diverse ethnicity, and that's a Thing.. it does affect their lives, but is not the hook of who they are, so I think that was quite considerately managed. They are also of diverse ages, and that makes things a little more interesting. There is a definite LGBT thing that, from looking at comments from other readers, is not picked up by many readers until later in the plot. Although it's cute (and Narrator, Kirt Graves, makes the tea-shop owner, Hugo sound like a Black Keanu Reeves) it feels like some of the character development and friendship-building is a little hurried along. I felt like the man we meet at the start of the book is unredeemable, and yet Klune metaphorically scales a seemingly insurmountable wall, attempting to do just that. This is a story that tells of a world where God, as humans conceive of it, is not an accurate depiction of how the universe runs, but there are "powers that be".
This story has an author's content warning on the start of the book. It does deal with death, and suicide, and a bunch of really hard topics. That makes it feel like a bit of a therapy piece (the line "you're not my Therapist!" comes up a few times). It's a fun book if you feel like you can wade into some really emotional topics, and have a spare box of tissues handy.
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Cannibalism
angelfireeast24'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: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Minor: Murder
This book is a fantastic and beautiful story about grief and redemption. Highly recommend reading it. It's of these books that's gonna stay with me for a long time in the best possible way. This book surprised me in many ways all good surprises.liamourie'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: Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Car accident, and Death of parent