Reviews tagging 'Death'

All My Mother's Lovers by Ilana Masad

6 reviews

acresofclams's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment and Drug use

sundayfever's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Drug use and Racism

nattie_moff's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

The cover of this book is absolutely beautiful and unfortunately influenced me to buy it. I wanted to love this story as I’m always looking for a book with queer characters that isn’t simply romance/relationship driven. This just wasn’t it, though. 
Like many other reviewers have said, the most interesting parts of the story were from Iris’s POV. I really struggled through Maggie’s chapters. She was an insufferable character. It’s like a boomer or gen x’er developed a character based on every negative stereotype they’ve ever attributed to millennials. She was whiney, rude, ungrateful, childish, entitled. The interactions between her and her family were downright painful to read. I only finished it because I was invested in Iris’s story. I just wish I could have found it out without Maggie. 
Also, the last line is atrocious. If there is a list somewhere of the worst book endings, this better be at the very top. I will never be able to wrap my mind around the fact that a queer woman –and not a man sitting in his moms basement– wrote those words to end a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

shoohoob's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Found this book through my Storygraph recommendations and I enjoyed it. The amount of times I cried….hit a little too close to home. Was a little cringe at times (also has one of the worst closing lines I’ve ever heard) but I honestly like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Drug use, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse

sophiebv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Abortion, War, Violence, Transphobia, Outing, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Car accident