Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sheets: Collector's Edition by Brenna Thummler

161 reviews

happylilfaerie's review against another edition

3.0

It's not really about ghosts. It's a coming of age story and ghosts play a small part in it. I wouldn't have picked it up had I known that as that's not really my taste. 

One thing that kinda bothered me, the book bought up systemic issues like poverty but chose to magically solve them with ghosts. Not solve all of poverty, just for this one kid. I don't really like those kind of stories, and I understand that it's meant to be a short light read for a younger audience so it's probably not trying to be that complex, it's just not for me. 

One thing it did well was the exploration of depression, grief and parentification. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

panickat123's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

dododenise's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A really sweet story about grief and mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

numipig30's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

Moderate: Death of parent

syfylauren'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

grace_alice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

isabelashley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

avabudavari'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

nataliereadz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent