Reviews tagging 'Death'

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

23 reviews

elyssam's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

Not my favorite read. I think the grief processing was an interesting read, the second-person was unique/cool and really she’d light on characters. But I didn’t love the writing style and some of the elements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

chellemerrill's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Car accident, and Grief

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death, and Self harm

kimmykelly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Mental illness, Body horror, and Death

dog_mom's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.25

The book gets off to a slow start but I really enjoyed this unique story. A surprising aspect of the story was how well the author writes the main character and her experience as a highly intelligent female navigating the teen years, young adulthood, and awkward romances.  I am not sure that was the intention, but it resonated with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Mental illness

kingston9's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

emamoretti03's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

4.25

Libro molto emozionante ma anche ricco di umorismo, tutto senza risultare offensivo o banale. Ho adorato i personaggi dall'inizio alla fine e il modo in cui vengono affrontati temi pesanti come il lutto e la depressione. Molto consigliato

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

jahncie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

motleybooksandtea's review against another edition

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

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What happens when you can’t help falling in love with the boy who (accidentally) killed your sister? This was probably one of the most interesting takes on grief I’ve ever read. Espach’s exploration of the relationship between sisters was also compelling. A friend said once she finished this book, she immediately wished she could read it again for the first time. I can see why. That ending, though… do they (I won’t say who) end up together??? I know I already used the word interesting but man, this was interesting. A coming-of-age story that I’m surprised hasn’t been talked about more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Self harm