Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

14 reviews

ciara_donohue's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia

robinskye28's review against another edition

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

2.0

As much as I love Alice Oseman, this one was not it. Too many plot lines that are all sorta half finished. Very slow paced until the last 100 pages where suddenly everything is happening (very chaotic and hard to follow). Ending seemed rather unexplained? Angel confused me - one minute she is presenting as the very stereotypical fangirl (whole chapter talking about how The Ark is like a "faith" and "despite everything in the world being terrible, we choose to stand by The Ark") but the next she is 'not like the others'. Would have liked more background/info on Juliet and Bliss as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Homophobia, Medical content, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Drug use

*Grandparent not parent MC has anxiety/panic attacks

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-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

3.0

Like other Oseman books, I didn't love this but I also didn't dislike it. It was entertaining, but felt like a self-insertion fanfiction by and about fans obsessed over a boy band. The characters are all fun and the problems they navigate werr intriguing enough to keep me reading to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Self harm, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

s1x0fh03s's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I found the characters very unlikeable for most of it but at the end I loved them. Fun but intense read. They all need therapy. Refreshing take on fame, fandom, and parasocial relationships.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Outing

glorytowers05's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Biphobia, Murder, Death of parent, Self harm, and Outing

jesse_5's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Stalking

Minor: Outing, Vomit, and Death of parent

Multiple times where one of the main characters vomit, mentioned that a main character was forced to come out after being outed, A main character has an anxiety disorder and panic attacks are described in detail

fenemiestolovers's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.5

I love Alice Oseman and her books always make me laugh! Out loud! This story is so relatable and sweet. It was interesting to read a book that acknowledges the psychology of fandom and the celebrities they’re centered around. It was light and hopeful even though it tackled tough topics in a real way - as Alice Oseman is so good at doing! Will always be excited to read more of their work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Body shaming, Grief, Kidnapping, Outing, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

livimarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

embla_v's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

4.25

Den här boken var inte det jag förväntade mig men jag är glad att den inte var det. Otroligt underhållande, dramatisk och känslosam. 

Boken har två POVs, det första är Angel. Angel är en fangirl och hon lever för the Ark. Det andra POVet är Jimmy, en av de tre medlemmar i the Ark. 

När Jimmy och Angel plötsligt mötts inser de att allt kanske inte är som det verkar och att verkligheten skiljer sig från tankar och drömmar. 

Det här är en otrolig "coming of age" bok som bjuder på skratt, visdom och tårar. Oerhört relaterbara karaktärer och bra representation. 100% läsvärd!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Outing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

shoohoob's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

1.5

This book read like One Direction fanfic but not in a good way. None of the characters were really that likable and Jimmy, Lister, and Rowan were all terrible friends to each other. The plot didn’t go anywhere until about halfway through the book, and there were huge plotholes left unanswered???

like Jimmy is clearly suicidal and mentally ill, but no mention of how he’s working on that?? Lister is an alcoholic and it’s just a plot point?? No actual help?? not to mention Bliss only being around to talk about Rowan. AND THE JIMMY/LISTER THING WAS SO WEIRD AND OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Overall, I think this is my least favorite Alice Oseman book thus far, which really sucks because I’ve liked so many of her other books :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia