Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

38 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Homophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cancer, Grief, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

martieliz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

skylover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was overall a good read, the side characters were lovable as hell and the road-trip lifestyle was a cool adventure to fictionally take part of. The MC I had a hard time rooting for when it felt like she wasn't always giving back to the people who were there for her, and I'm not a fan of time jumps, so a three-year gap felt pointless since she wasn't that much more grown up or wise since we saw April in Ithaca when she was 16. Margo, Adam, Carly, and Ethan were the real ones. I literally couldn't stand Justin so the ending felt a little disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use and Homophobia

katyannreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.5

“We have the people we get to keep, who won’t ever let us go. And that’s the most important part.” 

WOW this book was good. It’s not the typical genre I read, but I am glad I picked it up. An amazing story of healing from relational trauma and creating your own family. A girl going through life just wanting to matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

bexi's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

isabell's review

challenging hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Dementia, Rape, and Cursing

stephcooke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

laurissadevol's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Cursing, and Grief