Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis

27 reviews

sistaharlem's review

slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity and Vomit

ghostlyprince's review

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Classism and Drug use

astoldbybex's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

antonique_reads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

pale_faced_fear's review

I wasn’t expecting a cheesy romance. I didn’t get into it and it was a lot more magical realism than horror, and that’s how it was marketed to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Death of parent

hngisreading's review

emotional reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Body horror

teesreads's review

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

I love Bo, and he is now my favorite book boyfriend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Death of parent

applejacksbooks's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoy the way the author takes grief and turns it into a metaphor of how every human is a zombie. Dealing with grief and loss is not an easy task for anyone and the way the author take Zharie and Bo's grief and allows them to see the healing process through the zombification of their sadness is beautifully done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

2treads's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Lewis' story of love, loss and the undead had me riveted. I was gripped by Zhari's poignant grief, her isolation from an aunt who seems to have detached and moved on from their loss to her instant connection to new neighbour Bo. 

The narrator's voice is mellow and transmits the tale with a gentle flow that I appreciated. As we get to know Zhari, we also begin to question if what she sees is real or a manifestation of her inability to move through how her mother died. 

I love the use of zombies, how Lewis uses them as the medium through which Zhari confronts and accepts her grief, anger, hurt, and her awareness of how they exist in Haitian culture. 

The decision to link unrequited love and emotional hurt to zombie transformation speaks to the ways in which we change in reaction to devastating losses. It was uniquely brilliant for Lewis to use a pop/horror icon to convey such a meaningful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Gore

Minor: Infidelity