Reviews tagging 'Death'

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

5 reviews

wonderful_'s review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse and Suicide

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

This hit me in all the right places.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Drug use, Excrement, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Dementia

vanessamex's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug abuse, and Death

rileyreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Dementia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

allzen_nochill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

We stan a fat protagonist who gets to stay fat. Gabi's voice is quintessentially teenage girl, which is great in many ways & grating in others (man, do I not miss high school at all). The only thing about diary-style books is that sometimes we don't get as rich of a backdrop as we do with other narrative styles and this is definitely a case here. We spend a lot of time in Gabi's head - admittedly a great place - but not enough in her world. The book is good, but it's that one little quality that makes me think this probably won't be on my obsessive re-reading list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Bullying