Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

50 reviews

bumblebroxbeeblebooks's review against another edition

3.0

I wasn't really cool with the way trauma and gun violence was portrayed in this. The only thing I really enjoyed was the music festival aspect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Grief

livimarie's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

elmasbooks's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Biphobia, and Drug use

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

amandalorianxo's review

hopeful 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? No

3.0

So this sophomore novel of Leah Johnson's writing felt similar to her first book. I def think this was made for the high school/ possibly young college freshman in mind. The actual story and writing itself were great. Two girls at a music festival in Georgia before they counter another year of academia. A contest where the prize is a winning car? Sounds like a cute summer read (which this did turn out to be, with a couple of heavy doses of seriousness in between.) Toni and Olivia held up well enough on their own although I favored Toni more if I had to choose between the two. I did wish their love story had a little more fleshing out (maybe have the two hang out post festival?)I do think roughly the last 3/4 ish wrapped up a little too cleanly but there is a HEA (happily ever after) at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent

corinniebee's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders

robyn_fenix's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Toxic friendship

lisa_marie24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

btwnprintedpgs's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Gun violence

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readingqueerly's review

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

Felt a little superficial. Most of the plot happened in the last 80-ish pages and the rest kinda felt like filler. It was fine imo. Not badly written, but nothing special. It took me a while to figure out why I felt something was off and in my opinion, this books should have been written from Imani's POV. I think that would have made it more interesting. Mostly couldn't get into it I think because the characters weren't relatable for me. But that's a me problem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence