Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

87 reviews

sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Abandonment, and Cursing

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Ableism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

jennalise13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

damn what a slow burn but tate and penny’s chemistry was so good. also love a complicated mother daughter relationship!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness and Emotional abuse

alannaiona's review

emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Great read, very captivating and I really felt for the characters. Had me in tears at some parts, cheering at other parts, and ultimately a bug cheese grin on my face.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

starrypinksky's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

r_a's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

eureads's review

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer

alisonchen's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Perhaps I just don’t like this genre, but this book follows fanfic tropes beat-by-beat, which felt repetitive. The main problem is that I didn’t like the characters. Penny is insufferable and Tate is long-suffering; I honestly couldn’t tell why she liked Penny so much. I liked their friends, but side characters can’t make up for an annoying first-person POV. I skim-read through most of the family troubles and traumatic backstory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

zaesbookshelf's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Sometimes YA hits so hard, so perfectly, that you can’t help but love it. This book had me laughing, crying, kicking my feet in excitement. Yes, it is a cute, sapphic romance, but is so much more than that.

The author does a wonderful job touching on all the hard topics: grief, trauma, ptsd, the hardships of medical needs when you’re not rich, the complications of parent-child relationships, the fear around knowing (but never fully knowing) how someone feels about you, the power of found family. 

It’s just — so good. It will make you feel all the feels - good and bad. But in such a way that has you always looking to hope. 

Definitely going to be in my top books of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

anneoftheshire's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

evelynyle_88's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts