Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

17 reviews

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Grief

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

At all of the books I’ve read this is the second book that made me cry. This book was so informative and definitely educated me on OCD and it’s so important to know more about diseases/illnesses. The romance was so cute and loved that the author took a real story. The “dedication” page abt her family member was so sweet and I’m so glad she found her own Aj. I can go on and on about this book and will probably edit this when I have the exact words I want to say. This book was reflective and made me think and have my own thoughts abt life in general. I never read a book like this before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

taylorbrooke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide

beckysmeyers's review against another edition

• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Chronic illness

krissyslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Grief, Suicide, Bullying, Stalking, and Death of parent

cheye13's review

medium-paced

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

3.0

Uhh the Big Twist really threw me on this one.

I was really quite enjoying this for most of it, relishing in Sam figuring herself out and standing up for herself, building real friendships and exploring art and mental illness. The story takes a turn about 3/4 through that I wasn't really on board for. I didn't find it necessary and I'm not sure what it was supposed to do for the story. Otherwise, it was a really sweet coming of age story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Ableism

anielabooks's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was a very lovely read. I don’t usually read coming of age novels but I remembered someone online recommended it to me a while back. I really didn’t see the plot twist coming because it had been so long since I read the summary that I was basically going in blind. I recommend this book to people in high school who feel misunderstood. The message was lovely, and I appreciate the effort that the author took to portray OCD in an educated and respectful way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Ableism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Stalking, Terminal illness, Addiction, Death, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

balluna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

i expected the plottwist but other than that 👌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Grief, Car accident, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

jamespotterluv's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

honestly. wow. everyone needs to read this. it's a book, yet so much more. there's times where i laughed, smiled, cried. i saw the plot twist coming, but seconds before it came. kind of like when you hit a wall and then realise it's a wall. it's fiction, but it's not. i don't completely relate to the character, but in different ways i do. it was really moving and could probably help a lot of people. it's realistic. it portrays ocd in a way i haven't seen ocd portrayed (yet) and it's an ACCURATE portrayal. it's not only the "addicted to cleaning" misconception. every word added something. it's not a light book. there are light moments, funny moments, but it's not a light book. i think that's important. it approaches topics that need to be approached. i won't spoil the ending, but the ending did the mc justice. i loved this book. i hate odd numbers and not using a half/quarter star rating, but i can't give it anything else. i can't find a flaw. even when the words weren't the poetry that surrounds the plot, the words were poetry. if that makes sense. i was expecting a good book but it's honestly incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Grief, Sexual content, Bullying, Death of parent, Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide, and Stalking

aj is a pure pure soul.

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Tamara Ireland Stone’s Every Last Word was as heartbreaking as the title makes it seem, but was filled with healing and growing as well. This book is about acceptance and growth, more so than about trauma and grief, but the way these ideas weave together through self-expression is really beautiful. I found the characters to be compelling, and the approach to self-expression in this novel was done in such a unique way. I really loved the way the twist unfolded at the end and the way the plot developed around those details. Stone’s vision was clear from the start (once the twist is revealed) and the story flows over its hidden edges so perfectly, you don’t even realize it’s there. I read this story relatively quickly as the writing is easy to digest, and I think anyone who loves books about growing into one’s true self would enjoy this work of fiction. I know I did! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide