Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

35 reviews

lisasilv's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

In good news, this is a relatively short book that doesn’t require brain power. In bad news, the characters are meant to be hated, the plot never has any interesting twists, and the ending is kind of dumb. There’s very little growth from any of the characters, and it’s a book about snotty privileged kids. This was definitely not a favorite of mine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, and Pregnancy

elizatess17's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Grief

aharper's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

eskies's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Classism

leenzreadz's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It is an easy read and you can finish in a day or over a weekend, but I'm not sure who the target audience is. If it's the 1%, more specifically old money families, as a mirror to themselves and satire on their life then so be it. Otherwise it is not very relatable and the characters were unlikable. I found it quite tone deaf even when the characters had feelings/experiences that would make them more relatable. Not a fan, unfortunately, but if folks like to escape reality and imagine having "rich problems" this is the one for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was an entertaining read. I admit that going in i had expected something more substantive, but i think the story was well executed for what it was trying to do. i veered between sympathy and disgust for the pov characters throughout the book and thought the message the author was trying to convey was well illustrated. It didn’t get as deep into some of the issues addressed in the book as i would have liked, and the way conflict resolved themselves was not as satisfying as i would have liked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

sjwin3's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Racism

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Someone wrote ‘If you want to read about rich peoples’ problems, read this’ and I felt that 😂

This book made me feel a bit conflicted, because in some parts I felt fully invested and in others I felt like shaking the characters and saying ‘We should go to therapy!’ 😳

Malcolm was my favourite character by far, but I can appreciate the Stocktons’ growth 😊

3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

kdailyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, and Vomit

fkshg8465's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

The prose and character development were ok enough, and the story held by interest enough. However, I really didn’t understand why this story should matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism