Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love

19 reviews

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out by Ryan Love is a book about family, friendship, and seizing the moment. Arthur has loved seventy-nine years hiding his truth, but he's finally ready to come out. The shockwaves his announcement sends through the family affect his grandson, Teddy, who has been struggling to find his own way to come out. Now together they are finding a way to be true to themselves and find love and community amidst hardship. 

This book was very cute and warm, despite a some major trigger warnings. Arthur is so adorable, and I loved his and Madeleine's enduring friendship. The author explores the hardships of being gay back in the sixties as well as some of the continued issues of homophobia today. I also enjoyed seeing the supportive community, from Cora at the café to new friends. 

Love balances Arthur's and Teddy's narratives so well. While Arthur is trying to find a new normal after a long life, Teddy is still trying to figure out who he is. They both deal with past grief, current adversity, and the pressures of coming out and being out. Teddy is also dealing with new relationships and deciding what he wants. 

This book is less a romance and more a family story, although both protagonists have a bit of romance. I do wish there was a bit more development of Teddy's ultimate romance, and some more scenes of Arthur. 

Now, the major trigger warnings. There is an off-page suicide, discussions of suicidal ideation (past), discussions of an experience of conversion therapy, an off-page homophobic attack (past), and present day homophobia and microaggressions. These are handled with as much care as possible, although I will say the suicide was the most unexpected part.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Cancer

coffeeandprose's review

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

henriettaenam's review

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Cancer, and Suicide

romillyj95's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Violence, and Cancer

hayleyvem's review

emotional lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Child death, Grief, Suicide, Homophobia, Outing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Cancer, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol

josieruby1's review against another edition

3.75

This was really difficult to rate because there was a lot of this book that I absolutely adored. Arthur and Madeleine's relationship for exactly was the most wholesome thing ever. 

However there was also several things I didn't think were resolved well, lacked consequence, came out of nowhere or were skipped over.

All in all I would give Arthur's story a 5/5 and Teddy's more of a 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Violence

sophcart_'s review

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide and Cancer

Minor: Death of parent

crashingchandelier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Death of parent, Outing, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

laurataylor's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cancer, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

chelseamayxxx's review

challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

This book is so so amazing I loved the main character Arthur the main character though out this whole book the way he told his family and friend he was gay was the most sweetest thing I have read in a book in ages and the way he comes back together with his family after they initially fall out with him at the start of his new life journey it was so good to see how they came back together as a family and how they accepted him in the end. The 2nd main character teddy wasn’t my favourite and his car crash of a friendship and relationships thought out all this book made me so annoyed and so uninterested in his parts of the book. I wish this book was mostly about Arthur if I am been honest. The ending of this book was done in such a cute way and I think the  ending of the book really fitted it so well. I was smitten and giggling whilst reading the ending. Xxx

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer