Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown

25 reviews

binxkingdom's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Violence, Outing, Car accident, and Stalking

lilliansbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

ok, so. j gonna sum this up w a few bullet points because overall i enjoyed, but it wasn't the most incredible work of literature i've read in my life. also, definitely agree with the reviews saying that this was much more of a contemporary young adult novel than a mystery or thriller, but i still thought it was pretty decent.

i liked:
- the main relationship!
- the lesbian rep
- the mental health rep

i disliked:
- the writing style
- the fact that i called the ending on like page 2

again, not a groundbreaking read, but definitely enjoyable + would recommend if you can look past the almost fanfiction-esque writing style! sydney + june >>>

EDIT: i'm calling this a 3.75 rounded down because i've gone back a couple times just for the main relationship, but it just wasn't good enough to reach that next level imo. would recommend though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Outing and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual assault

itsareference's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

The book had some flaws but it depicted trauma, grief, and abuse in an extremely accurate light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Stalking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

anniereads221's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Violence, Alcohol, Homophobia, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

pastelkerstin's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Sexual assault, Racism, and Sexual content

idunnoknow's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

couldn't put it down which has been more unusual for me in recent years. really connected with the protagonist and her struggle felt real and not at all performative just for the sake of this story. I'm sure I'll revisit this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

brye_wheels's review

emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

hatoooz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

stayed up for 6 hours reading this, i was kind of delusional by the end (and maybe halfway through) but it was one of my favourite reads of 2019 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Stalking, and Torture

manola's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape and Self harm

finanr1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Biphobia, and Addiction

Minor: Rape, Racism, Outing, and Drug use