Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sempre Em Frente by Rainbow Rowell

93 reviews

krup's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

Emotional, beautiful and captivating. Other than the beautiful characters, this book breaks down the whole "the chosen one" trope and looks into the trauma, pain and real life of a character in this situation

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

kris386's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood and Pregnancy

emilia777's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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

4.0

i liked this much better the second time around. it was a little strange to read something with an actual plot again lmao.
my opinions pretty much stayed the same, i didn’t dislike agatha as much as i remembered, she was actually quite relatable, she didn’t want to be a side character in everyone’s story anymore and i can’t blame her for that.
Simon and Baz are still the ultimate ya couple and i love them for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

wonderworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

nexus's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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: Kidnapping and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

jc_wb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

Brilliant.
If you liked the fake snippets of Carry On in Fangirl, then read this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

prickly_plant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide attempt, and Blood

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Confinement, Pregnancy, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

reannareading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

Amazing

Agatha needs to take a chill pill

<Spoiler> Agatha is on drugs 
<Spoiler> Baz is a great character and he deserves Simon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Cursing, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, and Abandonment

mariakureads's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

I came into this book all thanks to Fangirl. The small hints and opening chapters in that one book intrigued me to know what it was about Simon Snow that had Cather writing for hours and ignoring everything.

To say I was pumped when Rowell wrote this is true, but it didn't feel right to have read it anytime before now. I sat with this copy because I thought I expected something and wasn't sure what, but I should have had faith in Rowell.

She gave me a great Chosen One story that had adventure and magic, but it had great dialogue, which I loved the best! It feels familiar but not, new and yet old, and once I started, I found myself having to pace myself because it was a story worthy of Cather staying up late into the nights to write her fanfics.
I get it now. I get the hype, and I'm off to follow Snow and Baz on their next adventure, hopefully soon.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Blood