Reviews tagging 'Death'

Zeven dagen samen by Tia Williams

217 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

ngl there are a bunch of parts of this book that i think were unsuccessful or just not great/necessary. however, i fell in absolute love with the characters and their stories. i would do anything for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racism, Drug use, Addiction, Suicide attempt, and Child death

mheiling's review against another edition

dark hopeful lighthearted 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, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Car accident

bethsreading's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Racism

micklesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

So perfectly written, with moments of humor and tragedy. A beautiful love story.

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Content Warnings

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

venusinlove's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense slow-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

2.75

my hopes for this book were set up so high! like, the title was insanely good the cover itself is amazing! i loved it all! sadly i couldn't say the same thing while reading it and of course just like with any other book i have icks with i'll list them below. :)

okay, one thing i do not(!!!) understand is how shane came into her life after what seems a pretty horrible past and there is this one scene where they go for ice cream and start talking and he suddenly goes "oh btw you never told me about your mum" AND SHE STARTS SHARING HER LIFE STORY? out of fucking nowhere? that is so unreal and fake and it made me so angry without a practical reason. but see, they have been friends or together or idk for so long and i know they've had a rough past but he's showing up after years of not talking and she starts telling him all the personal detail just like that? ain't no way it works like that in real life. (do not come for me with the "it's just fiction" bc i will throw hands)

that whole character of audre felt so off-putting and it was an overexaggerated form of a teen. i am aware of the fact that it's difficult to write about a teenager without you being one yourself but i did not need all the "peace sign with the tongue out selfie" being made or the whole excessive social media usage. which brings me to my next point why i did not vibe with the book overall and that's because of all the pop/modern references such as stranger things, snapchat (really?!), lizzo and literally anything that exists now. it put me off and i know this is more of a me-problem rather than the author's work one but i really disliked it and it made me want to quit the book every time i met such mentions. 

I'm so upset that the execution is so bad...

especially the part where we get to know why Eva is not a virgin and the fact that she was rap*d. I'm partly angry at how rushed it was because you can't just drop a bomb such as this one and leave it.

the story between eva and shane felt so flat, it didn't make me feel anything and as it was progressing(?) i realized that i didn't care what their childhood story is.

(spoiler, it's literally not that deep, except all the drug use and alcohol)

one thing i did like was the ending when shane met eva and she didn't make a fuss but just listened to his explanation. i very much appreciated that, it was v grown-up. the whole epilogue (aside from the structure and the spongebob-esque "a few moments later" part) was actually great! i loved knowing about eva's past generations. :)

tl:dr, this would have made a great movie, a sweet little rom-com if you will, maybe then i would like it better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Addiction

Minor: Rape

mallorykidd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.0

If you like character development to be the driving force in a literary romance as opposed to the relationship blossoming, this is a fantastic book. It focuses on 2nd chance romance and explaining why it didn’t work, but how much they influenced the other from such a young age. 
It also does a great job of someone living with an invisible illness a constant thing, not just a plot point. 
I would recommend this to anyone who wants less fluff and more reality in their romance books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death

hannahrl's review against another edition

2.75

I couldn’t get into this book very much. I felt like the pacing was off and I couldn’t quite get into connecting to the characters. Each character had a good story and I felt like I was missing so much of each one. I mostly wanted more. More detail and less extra busyness that didn’t add to the story. I enjoyed another perspective, though and appreciated that a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Self harm, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

iolexx's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Such a powerful and important story, with many insights, witty banter (the author is hilarious), but also much drama and angst.
I loved the literary setting and discussions around it, loved the FMC and a good part of the MMC too. Very good work on the side character.

But it just didn’t really hit for me - I found it really boring at times, especially in the end. 
I think it was well portrayed, but like in Daisy Jones, I struggled reading about alcoholism and drugs. 
I wasn’t expecting all these turbulences in the relationship, and even though it makes it more believable, it was just painful to me to get through it.
So I think it was a really good book, just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Death, and Addiction

darkhorse488's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

This was a literary romance with serious heft to it and I devoured it in two days. It felt like all of the things I love about well done literary fiction mashed up with an underlying romance novel. I loved that it didn’t fit neatly into either genre, but if you’re used to reading more traditional, lighthearted romance books check the content warnings on this one before diving in because there are a LOT of them. Ultimately, I loved how real these characters felt because of the difficult life circumstances they experienced and I thought the writing was gorgeous. I highly recommend this to folks who don’t typically read romance as an entry point into the genre if you’re curious!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Bullying

Moderate: Medical content, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief