Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

4 reviews

kemunto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

I’m confused and sad. What just happened. I was heavily invested. Iris and her world gripped me, I found myself taken by this book. I desperately hope for a happily ever after. I realise, now, the beauty of life… even though it’s not perfect, it’s all we have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abandonment, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

smute's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

EYEW has a fascinating premise, but although nyx is mentioned in the very first sentence on the very first page it takes a while for the story to change course. imo the first half of the book could easily stand on its own. sauma is a very observant writer and manages to capture the bleakness of depression with just the right amount of humor. sadly, the rest of the story just kind of fizzles out. i can do without a big twist, and there's a lot to love about this text as it is so i didn't mind the somewhat anticlimactic ending. what i did mind though was the subtle but still gratuitous fatphobia in many of the character descriptions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Excrement, Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug use, Grief, Death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cancer, Blood, Death of parent, and Bullying

reginahafner_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

so like is iris dead? or is she on earth because they kept hinting truman show?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

briannasam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis