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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

54 reviews

marysea's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

reflective fast-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? No

3.5

A quick and pleasant read. While it lampshades some of the tropes it falls into, maybe because of this it didn’t quite hit me in the feels the way I would have imagined it should. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

prism_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

Characters: 4

Connection to the book/Enjoyment: 3

Setting: 4

Plot/Overall Story: 3

Writing: 4

Every point= 0.25 stars, max per category 4 points

A really beautiful and emotional story. Fast paced, easy read, thoughtful, reflective, lots of quotes to hold on to, and full of heart. I enjoyed this one thoroughly even though it was more emotional than I was expecting- not as funny/optimistic as the blurbs on the book make it seem. I think fans of The Reading List or No Two Persons would enjoy this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kingfalcon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

jennysbooked's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Such a great read! Really loved Maya as a character. And A.J. despite being cold/abrasive, he really is lovable. I was NOT expecting the twist before part 2. No spice, so if you want to read a well rounded literary fiction, I would highly suggest this book. Looking forward to watching the film adaptation to see how it holds up to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

karmapen's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

darlingmoira's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

Zevins again writes a book where the characters seem unbelievably real. There’s not much to say about the plot of this story without giving away spoilers but will say this; this is a story about family and love and how those things can develop and change as we grow older. (It is also about books)

Zevins does an incredible job showing the lives of not only the main character but the “side” characters. How even though they are not the focus of this story it doesn’t diminish the fact that they live lives just as full as anyone else. Zevins shows how the life and death a single person can completely change a person world, while acknowledging that life moves on. 

Just like Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,  this book feels like a biography of people who never existed but I so wish they had. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Death of parent

dazzy's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

4.0

Cosy read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

nzmerchant's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Didn’t expect to be moved to tears but this book was so vivid in its depictions of the characters, and I found myself so attached to their story. A beautiful book about books! It’s truly a lovely feeling to experience in real time exactly what the book is trying to express - about reading being a way of building communities, and how we read to feel not alone. The writing is punchy, succinct, and perfectly witty. Must say I am apprehensive as to the

adoption of a child being used as a plot device and as a way for A.J. to grow up but I do think it was handled very nicely

Definitely will be thinking about this book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts