Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

277 reviews

leighkelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, and Abandonment

nicolelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.75

It took me a bit to get into this but once I did, I fell in love with the characters and ended up loving the book. Such a wonderful story of unconnected threads connecting and getting all tied up. Marcellus’ POV was a delight and I loved seeing the other characters’ growth and development over the course of the book. Audio was the way to go for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Addiction

racbuckallew's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

A bit of a slow start…but stick with it!! Nominee for my favorite book of the year. Charming and gripping, like Marcellus. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Animal death

kaori_yugen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Animal death, and Child death

teetasse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Grief

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

the octopus bits were frankly a bit ridiculous, even with my usually vast ability to suspend disbelief. why would an octopus understand human genetics. or know what a cuckold is. what. minus 2 stars bc those parts completely broke me out of the flow of the story  

otherwise, the found family aspect (is that the term for non-queer versions of this?) was really sweet, and I liked the mystery of it all. cute read! the writing felt nice on the eyes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Lovely read. The audiobook is narrated beautifully, I would highly recommend it. My only complaint is that the author doesn't seem to have written anything else since and I've badly fallen in love for her writing. Alas...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, and Grief

marippe's review against another edition

3.75

“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Child death, and Grief

megj23's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use and Abandonment

etwasinspired's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Great, engaging but light read. I did feel like the main character acted like she was 30 years older than her real age, which I didn’t understand, but still this is a fun book which most people would probably enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Drug abuse