Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

91 reviews

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

kharlan3's review against another edition

adventurous reflective

5.0

Best YA of 2023

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Medical content

apocketfullofdreams's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer

beesneysbooks's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

i love queer stories that are nuanced and about more than JUST a relationship. i knew i loved this authors work, but this book truly sealed the deal. 
penny and tate deserve nothing but love and happiness. 
docked .75 because i WIIIIISSSSSHHHH we had like? an epilogue or something. i’m not a fan of the story ending right when they come together with no final wrap up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer

ali1311's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

This book was not really what I expected but I loved it! It was very emotional and deeply about mother-daughter relationships as much as it was about romance. It was a really interesting story of womanhood and woman relationships (in truly all aspects). My biggest note is that the ending felt a bit unfinished, mostly between the friends! I want to know what happened with them in the end and a little more of a wrap up for Anna would've been nice too. But overall I was very pleasantly surprised by this book and it tugged on my heartstrings a LOT. Also there should def be trigger warnings at the beginning of this book so I will add them to this review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

abookwormspov's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

deideo's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness