Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Marlena by Julie Buntin

3 reviews

micklesreads's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

A deep dive into loss and girlhood and how well we can really know the people we love. Devastating and raw and gorgeously written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Addiction

cheye13's review against another edition

dark 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

The writing style and voice is excellent, but it ultimately boils down to another story of cyclic poverty cultivating cyclic depression

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Incest, Self harm, and Miscarriage

brief description of sexual harassment from a teacher; incest only vaguely implied in one instance; majority of the child abuse is neglect

jonsnowsmanbun's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Classism, and Dysphoria

„The world doesn’t care that you‘re just a girl.“