Reviews tagging 'Grief'

De laatste zomer by Dana Mele

4 reviews

brynleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Gore, and Cursing

mfrisk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is a cheesy young adult popcorn flick. The comparisons made on the book seem fairly accurate and it definitely blends reality with the supernatural. I struggle with how I feel about this book because it had an interesting premise starting out and then there were a lot of flashbacks and then when it ends you feel confused but can also piece some things together. I had trouble though differentiating the characters at times and felt like the book could have been far shorter to have more impact with its ending. I’m not sure we needed every single detail given. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Child death, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Alcohol

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

 this was a serious mind f*ck, but also I figured out some of what was going on pretty quickly, so it was a bit predictable, though I didn't figure out everything. It was still a decent book though. I miss it had been more about mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was incredible! So spooky and suspenseful and that plot twist was wild! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Mental illness, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Kennedy sees ghosts and their descriptions can be upsetting to some

drowning is mentioned several times

Emily drugs everyone with Chelsea’s sleeping pills, she puts them in the wine, it’s also implied something was put in a bottle of wine Emily almost drank.