Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

52 reviews

enchantedelfie's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer

gayelfboi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

Revisited it now as an adult and though it’s a moving story with beautiful writing at times, I was thrown off by the amount of fathobia. It’s much in the context of kids being cruel to each other but it was unexpected and went unchallenged. Other than that I really enjoyed it  now and as a child even though it punched me in the gut when I first read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Car accident, and Death of parent

allisonw92's review against another edition

funny inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying

ghostgoboo's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Grief

brookebatesratesbooks's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child death, and Grief

rachelfayreads's review

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia

mandi4886'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism and Classism

Minor: Child abuse

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I've avoided reading this novel for around 20 years because I know how the book ends. I know for a fact that young me would've been devastated, and so I ran from it. But when I found the 40th anniversary edition for $1.75, I felt compelled to finally read it since it felt like I had a "special" copy.

There's nothing I can say about the sorry that hasn't already been said, so I'll be brief. The writing is both beautiful and moving, the characters feel real and raw, and, despite knowing how it ends, I still teared up. I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Grief

tbwhite23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief