Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

51 reviews

jodibee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Dementia, Death, and Miscarriage

hjeffreys's review

emotional hopeful 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: Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

elmayfos's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage

machenn's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infertility and Car accident

bedtimesandbooks's review

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Ableism, Animal death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Dementia, and Grief

betsymays's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility

martasbooktherapy's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Emma Grey clearly wrote what she knows in this novel - the lessons and reflections on grief and loss are so poignant they left me reeling. 

Kate is struggling. She’s raising her 5 year old son alone after losing her young husband to a debilitating disease. She’s trying to keep her head above water with the help of her best friend and mum, and her understating boss Hugh. Two years after her husband’s death, however, she’s still deeply in the grips of grief and can’t figure out what to do next. 

With a little help from the closest people in her life, Kate starts to realize there is more out there in the world for her. She wants to figure out who she is and where she wants to be. Lovely and heartbreaking yet hopeful throughout (with some laugh out loud anecdotes sprinkled in), The Last Love Note gave me all kinds of feelings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

elle_laine's review

funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I absolutely ADORE this book! I laughed, I cried, I felt hope. Just be sure to read the content warnings before reading this one as the topic is VERY heavy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Dementia

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? No

4.0

What a devastating novel! It was amazing to read in the acknowledgements just how many pieces of Emma Grey herself were included in this story. Kate’s husband died two years ago, and she wonders if she will ever be able to remove herself from an unending spiral of grief. Can she open her heart to Hugh, a friend who has been there through every step of her loss, and a man who will drop everything for someone in need? I felt that the scattered timeline of this novel took away from the story at times, but even still, the pages had my emotions flickering between sadness and laughter. I definitely teared up a couple of times. I would recommend this for fans of Abby Jimenez—that woman always rips my heart out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

fruity999's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

I loved this book. Some chapters had me laughing out loud while others had me crying. It was all a beautiful wonderful journey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage