Reviews tagging 'Death'

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

17 reviews

theglossreview's review against another edition

What I learned from People Person was not to skim through a book. Lesson: “Just DNF it properly. Stop immediately and leave it unread. Do not skip ahead to see if it will get better or to satisfy your curiosity. Your good faith is misplaced.” It only got worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming

jacquinotjackie's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

a sweet, heartwarming story of estranged half siblings coming together in times of tragedy. it’s also laugh out loud funny! this was a fun, quick read, but I wish the characters experienced more growth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

tetedump's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

eilatan6991's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

eve81's review against another edition

funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

gertrudski's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

znvisser's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Really mixed feelings about this one… I did mostly love the writing and the sibling dynamics, so those made this read enjoyable. However, I had two bigger problems with it as well: first was the plot, which was really weirdly paced and yet somehow (or actually because of it) quite predictable. Adding the nine night to get the mothers together was not really necessary, it just confused me as to how thirty years later these women still get so emotional over a man who seemed to have not much more going for him than a bit of charm that fizzled out long ago. Second is the perspective: out of the five siblings, the main character was by far the least interesting one and she really got on my nerves after a while. The bad decisions, naïveté and her oversensitivity were so excessive they made me wish I was getting to know this family through ANY other character (it was overdone too, I mean she was already like this as a baby?? Come ON)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Grief

milliemark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism