Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

10 reviews

lottipop_105's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

Graphic: Fatphobia, Bullying, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Infidelity

readwithjules_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

From the beginning, this book pulled at my heart strings. Jennifer tells a beautiful story between two beautiful people. Watching both Libby and Jack grow throughout the book was super sweet and inspiring. Watching these characters come into themselves and reach their full potential was absolutely amazing. The writing was beautiful as well. The only thing iIm not necessarily a fan of is the amount of cussing, how vulgar the descriptions were of libby, and how Jack only remembers Libby. (Its giving "I can fix him/She fixed me"). But otherwise I have no complaints of this book and I think it is a truly beautiful story. Jennifer has done it yet again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Alcohol

kirstenf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Racism

riajasfuentes's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

this is a reread because i don’t remember a single thing from this book when i read it four years ago and i wished i kept it that way. 

this was a snoozefest for me. i was bored for around 75% of the book and the remaining 25%, i sped through just to get this book over with. 

Holding Up the Universe had a pretty nice premise and had a possible chance to be a really good book. it deals with bullying, fat-shaming, insecurity, and figuring out that everyone has their problems and that you aren’t alone. and that morale is actually really important and something we should all learn. however, this book delivered it with characters which, for me, didn’t seem to have logical and rational decision thinking skills that i expected from a high schooler. there was two specific scenes that just really pissed me off and made me question if i was the one who thought it was a bad idea and a non-logical one. it’s honestly bad enough that i was so bored but i even had to dislike the characters near the end of the story?? come. on. 

the book contains quite a lot of filler chapters that i deem unnecessary. those chapters could’ve been used to flesh out characters in a better way and to really delve into the themes that the book wants to tackle. and because of the amount of filler chapters, i got a sense of slice-of-life trope, but done badly. 

i actually don’t think i’ve outgrown young adult books because i just read a pretty good ya book Pushing Perfect that i really liked. this book was just not it. and because of that i’m pushing back reading this author’s other book All The Bright Places which i already bought many years ago :”> 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

jessicohen15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.0

Warm and heartfelt story of two teenagers dealing with their own issues: fatphobia and not recognizing peoples faces. Really good story, easy read, and fun descriptions!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

strayedthoughts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Infidelity

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

slg29's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

The book felt a bit cheesy and some of the references felt a bit off, but overall it was a very lighthearted read and also educarted me about the unique condition called prosopagnosia, so thats cool.

the ending where Jack claims that Libby is the only one he see's felt like a bit of a cop out for the sake of being romantic, but I appreciate that the book didn't end with him being "cured" or Libby changing anything about herself, as I feel like some books can fall victim to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

kateelissa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

roseamillerg's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Drug use