Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Both Can Be True by Jules Machias

4 reviews

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Sexism, Abandonment, Violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Grief, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Classism

february_friday's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

A middle grade novel about a genderfluid kid with synesthesia falling in love with an emotional boy that saved a dog from being euthanized? SIGN ME UP

I knew this was a book for me, a queer coming of age with no plot except for a dog named chewbarka. It was great, and I only cried twice, which is unprecedented. I loved how the conflict was resolved by something really simple called communication that is not often represented in books.

The only think I maybe didn't like was that the end felt a little rushed.
It also felt more YA than middle grade, considering that the characters were in fact teenagers and it dealt with a lot of hard topics surrounding transphobia in a more explicit manner. It didn't ruin my experience at all but sometimes it just makes me mad that publishing only considers YA the books that have main characters over 15 years old even though a lot of the people that read YA are tweens and early teenagers?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Bullying

Moderate: Grief and Infidelity

greenlivingaudioworm's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Transphobia, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, and Outing

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Minor: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Outing, Animal death, Classism, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, and Grief