Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue

11 reviews

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

mandieroz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book was a good start to spooky season. The characters are well done and the tarot cards really bring the story together. I love the inclusion side of the book and will definitely be reading the second! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

se_wigget's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

This was wonderful and hard to put down--though the anti-queer Christofascists pissed me off. They need to be hexed.

44%: Wow--a sea monkeys reference... about an hour after I finished listening to an American Hysteria podcast episode about Sea Monkeys!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Grief

ramblingravioli's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

elliereadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

“I lean my head on his shoulder and wonder just how much easier life would be if I weren’t in love with Roe O’Callaghan. But, oh god, how boring.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Outing, and Classism

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

thecraftybookworm's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

talle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood

fae_bae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Grief, and Religious bigotry

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War