Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

8 reviews

lunarecliptica's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse

blewballoon's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

This was just as good as The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics, the first entry in this series. I know the cover is absolutely awful, but the book is really so good. The writing is clear and transporting. I loved having the protagonists both be a bit older. The friends to lovers romance is perfectly drawn out and satisfying, but there are also a lot of other topics discussed in the story that are handled with nuance and maturity such as the importance of easy access to divorce, the risks and rewards of standing up to authority and abuses of power, balancing personal principles with being practical and cautious, recognizing and responding to microaggressions and homophobia, and more. I also learned a lot about bees. I listened to this on audiobook and the narration was excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying and Body shaming

3frenchtoast's review

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Misogyny and Grief

jessthanthree's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Murder, Police brutality, Confinement, Hate crime, and Death

water_violin's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Violence

lipstickitotheman's review

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: Homophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Grief

sarahholliday's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

I'm officially an Olivia Waite fan! I loved getting to see and hear about characters from The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (the first book in this series), while thoroughly enjoying the differences between the two stories. 

For how different they are I loved both Penelope and Agatha, and the supporting cast of characters were equally enjoyable. Waite does a great job of incorporating historical events and conventions without getting bogged down in them, and while there are certainly anachronisms, they are for the sake of making the characters relatable (and aren't overly egregious in any case), so this historian has no complaints. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

imireviewsbooks's review

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Minor: Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship