Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Good for You by Camille Pagán

8 reviews

vj_thompson's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I tandem read this book. At first, I really enjoyed the beginning part of the story but then I couldn’t get over the frustrating flaws in the writing. The constant lack of communication between Aly and Wyatt was unbearable. Aly’s character almost had too many flaws and needed to stop thinking she was broken. She would have a break through then go right back thinking she was unloveable. Given the story, I get it, but it was not fun to read. The narrator was just ok. I really which there was a separate male narrator instead of a woman that could do a female voice.

A big thing, please don’t go into this book thinking it’s romance. It reminded me of Emily Henry’s book. This is a contemporary romance with romance included. I would advice to  I save money on reading this, unless you have Kindle Unlimited.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Suicide attempt

wackzo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring slow-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

3.0

there was some good lines that i enjoyed but it was kinda boring and forgettable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Child death, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

clothpeg's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Child death

booksandlucy_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Cancer

goroskiju's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

I didn't enjoy this book and wouldn't recommend. There's some tough topics and I just think it wasn't done well. Everything felt very surface level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

laheath's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I received this as part of Amazon's First Reads, where it was listed as Women's Fiction. Since then, I've seen it listed as romance (ok understandable), and even read reviews that describe it as witty (uh, no, says my tissue box). There are a lot of feelings triggered by this book, and ok, a couple of funny moments when the female lead is frustrated with someone, but primarily, I felt the book examined how the two main characters, Aly and Wyatt, were processing their shared grief over the loss of Luke, older brother to Aly and best friend to Wyatt. Aly has kept herself buried in her work to avoid dealing with her grief until circumstances force her to deal with Luke's house, which unbeknownst to her, Luke has left to her and Wyatt in his will. Despite their forced proximity, their relationship seemed somewhat rushed. I liked that baggage was explored for both of them. Some of the minor characters were so endearing and others were just irritating. The ending tied everything up nicely, but I wish Aly's plans had been more defined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

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

4.25

This was a quick read, perfect for a weekend.  While there is a cute romance, this book really tackles the grief is losing someone you love.

Aly lost her brother, Luke, suddenly about nine months ago.  After some particularly stressful times at work, she loses her cool when confronting a coworker.  She is out on leave from work for a month.  Although she’s been avoiding it since Luke’s death, this is the perfect time to tie up lose ends.

Like left his home to Aly, but she quickly finds out that he also left the house to his best friend, Wyatt.  Aly is determined to sell the house and get back to her life in New York, but she slowly finds that she may not want to return at all.

This story does a great job navigating through Aly’s grief, as well as Wyatt’s.  They go through this journey together, understanding that Luke brought them together for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt

shortshortreads's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Nice cute romance but ending felt too short 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death