Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

6 reviews

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This was a bizarre and unnerving meditation on grief while also being a time capsule of 2016. This transported me and I wasn't sure where it was going to go or what was real but I'm sure that's the point. Loved the writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

jillisonline's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

A24 better turn this into a movie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Murder, and Blood

barfbabe's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death, Body horror, Grief, and Cancer

rasy's review

dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, Grief, and Suicide

joannalouise's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Death, and Mental illness

caseythereader's review against another edition

funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

1.5

Wtf was the point of that?

Thanks AAKnopf for the free advance copy of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Animal death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

Minor: Sexual content