Reviews tagging 'Death'

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

68 reviews

akkun's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, and Death

phoevincent's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use

frannymuzza's review

dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Incredibly cleverly written book depicting the chaos and disconnect of the online age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Mental illness

bookynooknook's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

galexy_brain's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? No

3.75

I almost stopped reading this book after getting quite far into the first half, waiting for something to happen. It felt too on-the-nose and didn't have much more to add to the conversation around social media (although Lockwood did write everyone's thoughts out beautifully). After finding a review that promised a change of pace in the second half, I decided to press on.

What I found was a beautifully written, emotional story of a family making the best out of a terrible situation. It was inspiring seeing the family come together to support the sister and baby after a scary diagnosis. The book masterfully demonstrates what it means to love, to care. I found that the book touched on the title's theme quite a bit more briefly than expected, and quickly shifted to the main character's life being less involved with social media, but it felt natural.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Abortion

dale1997's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

sketchydelusion's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Ableism, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Grief

dizzyizzy's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

samarakroeger's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.25

this book is timely and prescient (in part two, please don't give up on it).  I had no idea what the second half of the book was going to be about, just that it was a novel in two parts.  Unlike some other books I've read this year where the first 80-100 pages are confusing and don't make sense (ahem, Piranesi), I actually found the internet references in the first half weirdly comforting and I flew through it.  I'd primarily recommend this for children of the 90s who spent the 2010s online.  This is a book about the internet written by someone who clearly has spent a lot of time online and has mixed feelings about it.  This level of nuance is missing from most books discussing the internet, which are often quite anti- or quite pro-social media.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Grief

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Police brutality, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual assault, Racism, Pedophilia, and Misogyny