Reviews tagging 'Death'

Zeven dagen samen by Tia Williams

215 reviews

hanlov's review against another edition

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

4.5

“Maybe they’d always be disasters. But couldn’t they support each other and grow together? No one was perfect, and maybe that was what real, adult love was. Being fearless enough to hold each other close no matter how catastrophic the world became.”

4.5 rounded up! This was stunning. I loved the relationships in this, especially the mother/daughter relationship!! Eva and Shane’s story was so beautiful and real. I think I would’ve loved it even more if I hadn’t done the audiobook since it’s a little hard to follow the narrators/pov’s/time frame but still so good.

“You push stuff away that isn’t safe and obvious, mom, but love isn’t safe and obvious. Love is risky. Take the risk, woman!”

Read for Bookish Swifties Club September Free The Vault Read-a-thon: a book that starts with the letter ‘S’ (hitS differEnT)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness and Gun violence

intertidalkendy's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death

loesm's review against another edition

relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

americattt's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

“Like when Spotify plays a song you haven’t heard since childhood, and it reminds you who you are. Like “oh yeah, I’m a person who knows all the words to Will Smith’s ‘Wild Wild West’”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Car accident

joanasimao's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Death

jennabeeee's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug use, and Self harm

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

fleur____'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Child abuse

leahisdudish's review against another edition

4.0

*chef’s kiss* 
disability rep.
bitter sweet, hilarious, precocious and one of the best opening pages o’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Death, and Self harm

heidi_grey'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Sexual harassment and Death

laraximenes's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Seven Days in June” offers some interesting reflections on colonialism, blackness, mental illness, emotional abuse and issues related to gender.
I loved the diversity in the cast of characters and the way Tia Williams approached chronic illnesses and described the lengths of pain it put Eve through. However, after discussing it with Rita I concluded this book tried too hard at being woke and the author might have forgotten to adapt the language to the historical context and the millennial generation Eve and Shane are part of. 
The ending was a lovely one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Child death and Death