Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Tous nos jours parfaits by Jennifer Niven

66 reviews

jackiedad's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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

It's a really sad book, but it's written in such a personal and heartfelt way that it's absolutely beautiful, while it was a tough read, I'm glad I read it and will re-read, just not any time soon lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Car accident, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide

jomarie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Car accident and Domestic abuse

obviouslyplum's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident

summerkasteel's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

lexarobinson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

An absolute gut-punch of a young adult romance novel. Just as you think things are starting to improve for Violet and Finch, Niven places a carefully woven twist that serves to simply obliterate hope. I'm not usually a fan of books which flit between the perspectives of both of the protagonists, as it can seem like lazy writing, but Niven works it so effortlessly that I found myself not minding in the slightest. Violet is lovely, but it is Finch who is Niven's masterpiece: she depicts his struggles with mental health issues excellently, but doesn't stray into tacky or appropriative. The scene with the rollercoaster sums him up perfectly: when he's with Violet, he's on top of the world, and the second she's gone, he's in freefall. It's just a series of sucker punches, and I'm not even sure the ending is happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

ava_jane's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.25

I think the book was trying to be edgy, cool, and different, but it ended up romanticizing mental illness. It seems like the author of this book was writing about feelings that she's never experienced. I think the plot was a little confusing. I don't understand how the mental health fit in with the school project. It was a bit jumbled and overall, I was let down. I thought it was going to be a fantastic book about life, death, friendship, and love, and it just fell short for me. I'm sure other people love the book, but, for me, it was lacking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Car accident

vivinkaee's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring sad

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Car accident

lhopkins884'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Car accident and Child death

gobbleme's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-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

2.25

Decent writing and characters but romanticised and mythologised suicide and mental illness 🤨 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Bullying

savannah_topsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse