Reviews tagging 'Death'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

27 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Cancer, Violence, Abortion, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

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

snickademous's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, and Abortion

abidabi's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Death

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

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

I found this book on Libby's "Everyone Reads" program.  It was a beautiful and thoughtful book on trauma and the power to survive and forgive in order to move on with one's life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Confinement, Classism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

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

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, and Medical content

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Cancer, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Classism, Death of parent, and Death

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

A strong debut and a moving exploration of trauma and forgiveness. The style of writing really resonated with me and I was hooked from the first page. 

Felt like a love letter to poetry too which I enjoyed. What an interesting idea to have a character who only communicates in poems.

What didn't sit well with me was that no one really holds Birdie accountable for her abusive behaviors/actions. I understand why the author wrote it this way but I don't think it should be normalized. But maybe that's a me problem because this is very personal and triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Classism, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Racism