Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

32 reviews

breadbees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, War, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Classism

kaitbeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Vomit

kamiellen's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.0

It's Harry Potter but not Harry Potter and I loved it. Penny is delightful, Watford is interesting in its own right, and I'm obsessed with how magic works in this world.

I'm not a huge enemies-to-lovers fan, but Rowell kept me turning the pages and rooting for Simon and Baz the whole way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, and Homophobia

nexus's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

reannareading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

5.0

Amazing

Agatha needs to take a chill pill

<Spoiler> Agatha is on drugs 
<Spoiler> Baz is a great character and he deserves Simon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Cursing, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, and Abandonment

serracha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

V gay

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

myarae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Grief

consucks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

manarnia's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

I find the second half of this book to be really fun and engaging, but the first half of the book drags for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

dottiewankenobi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I don't have the brain cells to write a review yet but I will say this: I love u Lucy u deserved better

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after rereading, I've moved this down from 4 stars to 3.75. some aspects of this book are very enjoyable (the banter, for instance, always got a laugh out of me, and

Lucy's relationship with Simon and the world around her always made me cry

) but on the whole... I think there are pacing issues (

especially the part where book four began and we immediately jumped into a horror show without a real bridge between the two sections

). I think Rowell was sometimes trying to say something and she didn't get her point across well if at all. I did enjoy that the characters were flawed, but I wasn't as keen on how that was poked fun for us readers without really being acknowledged in the story, much less dealt with. I enjoyed this more on my first read and while I still had a fun time this round, I saw more flaws popping up as I went. it dampened my enjoyment a lot ://

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia