Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

33 reviews

sammietee's review against another edition

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, and Drug use

sgenna's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Transphobia, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

lindsayerin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

lupitaestela's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this fun take on time travel—like The Time Traveler's Wife meets Sliding Doors meets One Last Stop, maybe? Oona's journey was difficult and confusing for her, but it was also uplifting. She made lots of choices I don't think I would have, but that made it so much more interesting to me! The twists also kept it engaging throughout, and I think it ended at exactly the right moment. Hugely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Drug use, Transphobia, and Homophobia

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

shelbybowers20's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

Truly enthralling concept and execution. I feel like it's a really good exploration of what it means to be kind to yourself in all iterations, past, present, and future. Knocking off a quarter star because the author does the thing where she only describes a character's race if they are nonwhite, which is annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Cancer, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Violence, War, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Gun violence, and Homophobia

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia and Pregnancy

capybooks's review

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

I wasn't sure if I would get along with this novel, but I loved it. The concept of living life out of order was so intriguing to me, and Montimore did fantastic job of keeping me interested throughout the entire novel. I didn't expect

Oona to be Kenzie's mum

, but in the end, it was a nice plot twist. I can't wait to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness