Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Perfect by Rachel Joyce

5 reviews

marleens's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

This book was beautifully written and got a lot darker than I expected. I took a long time reading it, mostly because the chapters in the past made me very anxious. I definitely think that they were well done, but I was not always in the right headspace to continue reading, so I took my time with it. I felt very connected to both Byron in the past and Jim in the present, and sad as their stories are, I like how the book ended. Not my usual genre but I might pick up more by this author now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse and Classism

mjaynec's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death, and Dysphoria

kadtide's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The story took a while to get going but I was deeply absorbed into the world and the language and the emotional impact of the reveal towards the end was very powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, and Medical content

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Alcohol, Classism, and Homophobia

Some discussion of electric shock therapy.

jabberwalky's review

challenging hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism and Fatphobia

berodatheelf's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic friendship