Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Whispers by Greg Howard

4 reviews

iamlexy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Homophobia

ashconklin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Fatphobia

saraza3's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Religion, sexuality, race, obesity, mental health... This author tried to tackle it all in one short book, and ends up doing more harm than good for some topics. Especially with how he was throwing the word 'crazy' around.
But the real frustrating part of this book is that it seems like the author was short on words so just pasted in half a dictionary. I guess it was meant as a sweet ritual between son in mother, but instead it just felt like an annoying disruption that pulled me out of the scene.
The ending was pretty good, but not worth the 75% leading up to it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Racism

kitachu's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, and Fatphobia