Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All the Feels by Olivia Dade

6 reviews

stardustandrockets's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Cursing

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

ADHD rep, fat rep

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed Spoiler Alert, but I enjoyed this one so much more. Alex is one of the most accurate portrayals of ADHD I’ve ever come across and I felt very seen in his character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Ableism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, and Death

ladythana's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

briannareads1342's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Body shaming

Moderate: Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death

katsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

“Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.”

“The best thing the world offered an ugly little girl was indifference. Pity stung exactly as much as insults, if not more, so she tried to avoid either. She tried to avoid notice. Even as a child, she’d understood it was important to stay quiet. Unobtrusive. And above all, undemanding.”

I was so excited for this book and it didn't disappoint. I would say that tit wasn't as good as Spoiler Alert but it was a strong follow-up. The body positivity and ADHD representation was great and I enjoyed the fan-fiction subplot, as well. I sometimes found the characters a little cringy but that's mainly because I found the characters to be overly-emotional. I honestly feel like that says more about me than it does about the book. I can actually appreciate how emotional Alex was, especially. That's definitely not a depiction that you see very often. And overall, I just really liked how their characters were depicted. They just came off as so kind and generous and loving. There was also something that was referenced often but never actually happened (at least on page) and so that was disappointing. I won't spoil it but if you know, you know. I also don't know if the forced proximity trope really worked here. It made their relationship feel a little forced. (The road trip is what really made me buy their relationship.) And while, I loved Alex, I didn't love how he would constantly say negative things about and to Lauren. I get that it was supposed to feel bantery, and it did at times, but sometimes it felt like just a bit too much. Definitely a fun romance but didn't quite live up to the first companion novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Abandonment, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Grief

casey_sunshine's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death