Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

60 reviews

hannahwillacy's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Body shaming

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

abigailmeeks's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Fatphobia, Bullying, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Confinement

icarusandthesun's review

emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself."

Jennifer Niven's writing style is THE BEST. fast-paced, very short chapters. it just keeps you going. i loved All the Bright Places a lot, so i had extremely high hopes for this one.

and i wasn't disappointed, but neither was i particularly ecstatic. the characters were fine i guess, but sadly pretty black-and-white if you look past their main conflicts - jack's prosopagnosia and libby's weight struggles. this felt dangerously much like a self-help book, with positive affirmations and all that every other page. got repetitive pretty quickly, same as their struggles and complaints.
so many plot points also felt straight-up useless - jack building a robot for his brother, libby and the damsels. tenacious fillers where there should've been more plot, more substance, more struggles.

10/10 for the writing, 4/10 for the content (because of the plus-size representation and the quite informative subject of prosopagnosia).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

sasantal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.25

Absolutely lovely book, could've finished it all in one day. Highly recommend, as it gives a great insight into how other people's mind work too :))

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent

annslee's review against another edition

I am tired of this whole girl forgives boy because even though he did a crappy thing to me he isn’t that bad troupe. If someone knows what they did was mean, to me it makes it worse that they did it in the first place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Bullying

jessicohen15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.0

Warm and heartfelt story of two teenagers dealing with their own issues: fatphobia and not recognizing peoples faces. Really good story, easy read, and fun descriptions!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

liz_66855hghg97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Eating disorder

haileeeyyy's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

i fucking hate this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

strayedthoughts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Infidelity

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Bullying, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, and Alcohol