Reviews tagging 'Child death'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

23 reviews

soph_ship's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

Not sure how I feel about the premise. Feels icky at some points and quite unrealistic for most of it. Writing was fine.

Would absolutely never recommend to survivors of sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Rape, and Child death

Minor: Car accident

larareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, and Cancer

Minor: Violence and Car accident

srjennings's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.5

It was an easy, light, enjoyable read. A lot of things seemed very unrealistic or improbable, but looking beyond that, the story was interesting because of the character'  relationships and the themes   of family, forgiveness and trauma.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Suicide

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, Rape, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Suicide

repunzee's review against another edition

challenging hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

1.5

I enjoyed the writing but could not get behind anything in the story. There was lots of room for themes of forgiveness and family that the author seemed to want to delve into, but none of it was handled with any depth. When the big decision to finally meet the family happened it was shoved into the last chapter and therefore wasn't explored beyond walking into the room and book over. The romance crowded this book and I think undermined a lot of what could have been good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Child death

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I found this as a "Together We Read" challenge on Libby, and decided to give it a try. It's not a genre I usually like, but I enjoyed the story. I found the ending to be rushed, but otherwise liked the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cancer, Classism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Grief

fkshg8465's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was extremely hard to read. I hated Sylvia more than I hated Birdie or even Daniel. I couldn’t fathom how Sara could even look at Jacob without roiling in disgust (meaning I know I couldn’t). So while is a beautiful story, it’s also far too unrealistic for my brain to grasp. Perhaps I’m less charitable than Sara. Perhaps Sara is more of an aspiration for the kind of heart I would like to have someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Car accident

mimamia's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Child death, Cancer, Rape, Car accident, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

ninahuynh's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Forgiveness. It's harder done than said. I like the exploration of forgiveness Terah Shelton Harris takes us through Sara and Jacob's journey and stories. I'm still confused as to why Alana and Jacob can't wear watches... Did I miss that part??

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

onlinesah's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Rape, and Grief