Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

29 reviews

hannahsquid's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

The first 20% I would say is just character development and little to no plot. However after getting past the first 20% its becomes a good mix and I just couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Grief and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

vvsmydiamonds's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

This was such an amazing read. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get through All The Bright Places (without feeling sad) because I watched the movie first. However, Holding Up The Universe was less devastating but still a hard hitter. I loved it. I read every letter, I re-read pages, I took pictures, and I wrote quotes. This book was wonderfully written, it is a gem. I’m grateful for Libby and Jack. I’m thankful for Rachel, Bailey, Iris, Jayvee, Marcus, and Dusty. 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, and Fatphobia

mlovationer1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Grief, Bullying, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Death, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, Drug use, and Cancer

thriiiii's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Bullying, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Body shaming

elizareign's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Short chapters for the win!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Grief, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Ableism

milakzm's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

fat girl + face blind boy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

booksandbabble's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Bullying, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

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

annahamburger's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Ableism, Body shaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

duchess16's review against another edition

3.75

I got a ton of “Eleanor and Park” vibes from this book except I enjoyed this one more. In this book Jack actually has things he’s struggling with. Libby is fat and jack is face-blind. Whereas in eleanor and park, parks only problem is that he’s an underrepresented minority that has never struggled a day in his life. And his only issue was he was dating a fat poor redhead. This one was more believable to me. This one made more sense. It was sometimes cliché (ahem when they first realized they had feelings omggg) but in another sense it wasn’t cliché at all. There was drama and confusion and oh no! He kissed the wrong girl again… and they worked it out. Not like every other teen romance story works issues out tho, they dealt with it like someone (imo) would work it out irl. There was a fair amount of swearing (I suppose it can be expected from public schoolers) so that bumped my rating as I didn’t enjoy it at all. But overall I did fairly enjoy this book. It had a very interesting idea of literally the worlds fattest teen and not just: oH Hi iM oVeRwEiGhT sO mY aUtHoR wRoTe Me As InSeCuRe AnD pEtTy. Ik that’s not how most fat kid novels go but I did mostly enjoy this books perspective. I really felt for Jack through his struggles tho as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Fatphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Cancer

Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder