Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

America's First Daughter by Laura Kamoie, Stephanie Dray

4 reviews

hheartbooks's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

alisonvh's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I found parts of this book to be problematic, but it’s very well written and historically accurate. On the whole I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Misogyny, War, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Ableism

galoshes'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This is real-person fanfiction. This book is trying to cram every moment of Patsy Jefferson's life into a novel, skipping nothing, with no overarching theme. The result is a quick succession of tiny detached scenes that feels like I'm tumbling down a hill. I'm not sure what to feel about this narrative. I struggled to get through it only because a friend adores this book and I couldn't let her down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

someryarns's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Slavery