Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

125 reviews

kingsnail's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Katherine Center has done it again. This may have eclipsed The Bodyguard for my favorite book???
I learned so much about face blindness and wow I just loved the characters. Definitely didn’t see some of the reveals coming. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

annadelreads's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

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

3.75

“Our thoughts create our emotions. So if you fixate on your worst-case scenario, you’ll make things harder for yourself.” 

Another late night reading session to finish a book. It’s so weird to have read three books where the FMC is an artist/painter. 

Devoured this book in more or less 24 hours so I could see why people love Katherine Center’s writing. I got pulled in quickly. I had a really fun time reading this, even had a tear dropping experience. Would recommend to friends who just wanna try romance book because this is kinda cute although very very very very predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

beckyday's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much, I felt like I really understood and connected to Sadie and how she was feeling. They were some truly amazing quotes and ideas that I’d never heard of before (e.g confirmation bias: we think what we think we’re going to think). I loved how Katherine Center showed us how wrong first impressions can be: insert

Joe’s one night stand with a bulldog.

And how freeing it can be to choose which thoughts to indulge in, how those positive, self-encouraging thoughts can create hope.  

“Our thoughts create our emotions. So if you fixate on your worst-case scenario, you’ll make things harder for yourself”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

erinmassey23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Suicide

tanvi45's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide attempt

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

What I love about this romance book that it does really well is the sense of anticipation it creates. You can’t wait for the main characters to figure out what has been foreshadowed the entire book. That’s what makes a romance novel stick out from others. Loved this

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content and Suicide attempt

k8lynn's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

loved this book. totally unexpected twist!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mgerbrandt's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt

beaniebookcorner's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death of parent

whateves99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

Well…. This book was AMAZING I learned A lot about face blindness and it kept my attention
and was HILARIOUS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content