Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

50 reviews

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-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

4.0

I've seen this movie many times, but I've never actually read the book until now! Read it for banned book club, though of course it's not banned for the reasons you might think. I appreciated the way that this book deals with complex emotions for kids, both with grief and with just general friendship. And the movie is a pretty good adaptation of the book! Not a bad read all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

geenahnola's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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: Grief

Moderate: Child death

buzzinfly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? N/A

4.25

Very

emotionally intense

and heavy in religious and bullying themes for a children's book.

You might want tissues for the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

emklem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse

updownwrong's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

An almost perfect book. Genuinely timeless and worth revisiting as an adult, especially because it was one of my favorites growing up. I listened to the audiobook, and Robert Sean Leonard narrated it beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Literally knew nothing about this and have never seen the movie. This was actually very sweet and kind of depressing. I think this is a good story for children because there’s so many lessons and events that happen in children’s lives. I could live without the fat phobia though. I’m glad I read this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Grief

jjuliana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

how is this a kids book…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-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

I can always count on this book as a re-read to make me feel feelings. And it definitely hits different as a parent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

aely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, and Grief