Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

22 reviews

habibaa20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

reeseashlee's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Blood, and Sexual content

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

I enjoyed Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and I wanted to read more of her work. My brother kindly gifted me this book for Christmas, and I went into this book blind and was not expecting it at all. 

This book is based on Dimple Pennington, she knew of her half-siblings but she doesn’t really know them. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for the faint memories of being drive around Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep and some complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty, and her life isn’t really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple’s life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. Despite a small but loyal following, she’s never felt more alone. That all changes when a catastrophic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie and Prynce crashing back into her life. When they’re all forced to reconnect with their absent father, Cyril Pennington, they never knew things get even more complicated. 

This plot had you from the first chapter. I thought it was going to be like a black Brady bunch and then it was domestic abuse and attempted murder. Then it just got worst and worst. These children have got so much unresolved trauma. I wanted to hug every one of those children. Each sibling has their own personality and their own thing going on. It was like being in my household, all the ex-wives hating each other. I was getting deja-vu just from the exes being together and bickering at a funeral.  

I would have loved for this to be multiple POV, just with all the siblings and everyone involved in the story. I felt like this story hooked you from the first chapter but then the middle bit was quite slow going and I had to fight to push through to finish it.  

Overall, this book was gripping and dramatic and I still want to hug each of those kids.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping and Racism

saarahrust's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Murder

sangsmiles's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence and Racism

lillypowell's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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

5.0

A great read;  one of my favourites from 2023.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Body shaming

eilatan6991's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Alcoholism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

luveloise3's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body shaming and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

_jchinasa's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Alcoholism

kerrygetsliterary's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, and Misogyny