Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Toffee by Sarah Crossan

4 reviews

umerabab's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Vomit

rb26's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

Vivid, detailed and so so moving. Loved it to bits.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief

eloiseisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

thesalalmon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The first book I’ve ever read in verse, that I recall, and I must say the writing is absolutely impeccable. I loved this. This is what I messaged my friends after finishing it:
“Also final verdict on Toffee (the book I was reading) DEFINITELY recommend. It deals with some really heavy content, but it is so well balanced with humour and hope and love that I didn’t need to stop and put it down and step away at all throughout, the way I normally do when reading emotionally heavy material. So freakin’ good. And it handles the heavy content really well too! It felt really honest, and genuine, and not rushed over or brushed past“

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence