Reviews tagging 'Death'

Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

37 reviews

alyssams884's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Gun violence

booksnmoon's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Child abuse

karinaov's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

eule's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Small book, huge impact. 
I read this book in less than two hours in the middle of the night (Jetlag) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Will devour this book again and again. 
You know, you kinda know what’s coming in the end. Still, I was not prepared. Definitely needed a good cry. 
What I especially admire about this book it that it acknowledges issues and still forgives. The past is the past. Second chances exist and people can heal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Car accident, Drug use, and Death

christylouise's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Heartbreaking. The ending of this book is both brilliantly written and soul-destroying.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

saturnsreads's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Blood

hue's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

My strange expectations sort of ruined it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

alice_star's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Omg , indication of what a safe space and nurture can do to change a life. Heartbreaking how circumstances can alter someone’s life so drastically to which they don’t deserve. Ending was shocking but the very end was so sentimental. If you like perks of being a wallflower I think you may like this .

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Death, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death

serenachowna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

In less than 200 pages this story of a family opening their home to a boy with so much pain in his past, absolutely shattered me. The prose are simple, but so eloquent and paint such a beautiful picture of hope that never seems to come to fruition.

The end destroyed me and I finished it at work on my break no less, so that was rough !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

eden1957's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse