Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

34 reviews

xmia_69's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent and Cancer

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

remib's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

rebecca_spain's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

the writing in this book was very fluid, and made for quite an enticing read. i liked how there was a lot of depth to sam’s character (although there are some things i really wasn’t a big fan of - the whole bullying plot line felt
unnecessary and made me feel extremely uncomfortable), however i think there could have been a bit more depth for some of the side characters, like aj. some of the plot points in the book also just felt a bit cliché (which is to be expected in a ya novel), but the plot twist completely took me by surprise in the book, and i thought that the subtle build up to it was quite clever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

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

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

myynverse's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

As someone with OCD, this book definitely hits close to home. The depth of the characters is beautiful and you definitely build a connection, however, I feel like the book is very lighthearted in a sense. It seems a little more idealistic but it doesn't romanticize mental illnesses. There is not a single "cure" to her behavior and she is instead motivated to navigate how to seek help. The plot twist is also written so well that I still feel impacted by it 6 years later. Definitely a good read but I think people without similar mental conditions should do some research to help fill the gaps.

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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.

tbs250's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Self harm, and Suicide