Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

97 reviews

funshine3's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

thetinysnail's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

bethanyjgilmore's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Death

tinypotato21's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

It was a really good book and story - It left me crying, but I have to deduct half a point for being a bit repetitive when it talks about how Rune and Poppy act around one another. Definitely read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, and Death

soph_mills's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief

s_wandering's review against another edition

Beautiful love story that i’d no doubt had given 5⭐️ if circumstances were different. 

I wish I had known the topic covered in this book prior to reading (my fault for not checking) 

Maybe in the future when the topic of

terminal illness at a young age

no longer stings I can pick it up again, but for now I have to DNF 

Check the TW’s

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent

zmilmore's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I’d like to start off by saying that i think this book was beautifully written, especially the ending. However, i just couldn’t fall in love with it. I think the main reason why i just found it too cringey and unrealistic, which is way i struggled to emotionally connect with the book. We didn’t really see much of Poppy and Rune’s story, just that they met and instantly fell in love. I also found the fact that none of them ever loved anyone else extremely unrealistic. 

This book had the characteristics for me to fall in love with it, but sadly it wasn’t wholly my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Death

bookwormloverofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief

melike_k's review against another edition

emotional sad

• 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book and as promised it made me cry multiple times. I loved watching their relationship and the rawness of the storyline. 

The only minor complaint that I have is that characters names are overused and sometimes it makes the story feel a little disjointed. 

Overall though, it's a brilliant book about a difficult topic that I highly recommend anyone read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

taylorp98's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief