Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

71 reviews

gretchreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

I have been wanting to read one of Ann Napolitano's books for quite some time, and I picked up Dear Edward since it was readily available at the library. I will admit that I was a bit apprehensive to read it as an anxious flier, but I was fine given that the plane crash is not graphically depicted. It is mostly referred to in conversation but the actual crash is depicted for less than 5 pages of the book.

This was a beautiful, character-driven, coming of age story. Edward is our narrator, but we also get a glimpse of how the plane crash shaped Edward and the lives of his Aunt Lacey, Uncle John, and best friend Shay. I particularly loved how the glimpses into his fellow travelers' lives from the dual timeline were interwoven into the present.

While this quote refers to being the sole survivor of the plane crash, it is one that I think it applicable to many of life challenges.

“Edward. It lives under your skin. It’s not going away. It’s part of you and will be part of you every moment until you die. What you’ve been working on, since the first time I met you, is learning to live with that.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

casira's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

Minor: Homophobia

emmabjones's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

A wonderful book about loss, growing up, and the broad expanse of people that are thrown together in a plane flight. I think the book does a great job addressing and acknowledging the expanse of grief and what it takes to move through it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

princessblueyes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Child death

lyricalsoul's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautifully written, sad but inspiring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, Death, Child death, and Terminal illness

cyndi1966's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Infertility

mlachevre's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness

sby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

rachelcoconut's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Death

tracytcamp'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Death