Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

25 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Addiction, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Animal death, and Bullying

lizschultz24's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Suicide

alyssagirardi's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Murder, Child death, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Abandonment, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Blood

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

This was very much not a book for me. Don't get me wrong, the simple writing was beautiful and absorbing in its own way, but the content was trigger after trigger. Really: look at the content warnings carefully. There were graphic depictions of suicide, animal death, murder, pregnancy and childbirth, blood, vomit, and rape in just about every chapter; you can't escape them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Medical content, Animal death, Murder, Vomit, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse

lexa's review against another edition

At first I was captivated by this small town devastated by tragedy. And the short chapters kept me engaged. But as time went on it was just a slow push to get through. I don’t DNF often, and especially not this far into a book. However I’m at the point where I just don’t really care about the ending anymore. There’s not enough to keep me reaching for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape

lizsurber's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

vinsynt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I didn’t come to this book expecting to find such a beautiful story of found family and spiritual awakening.

Possibly has the most heart of any mystery I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment

kloft1993's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

mbedrosian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Minor: Dementia