Reviews tagging 'Grief'

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

65 reviews

passivemoon's review

emotional 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: Homophobia and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief

skye_era_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Infinite stars for this book. The way I sobbed in my car for 30 minutes 😭 I don’t even know what else to say but WOW

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

goodthingsread's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

This one really hit me hard, especially the ending. I should have seen the twist coming; in hindsight, it's almost too obvious to call it a twist. But I was too wrapped up in the emotions of the stories to spend time on the mystery, such as it is. There are times when I read YA novels and the characters do things that I understand, but the thoughts and feelings motivating those actions are never fully or accurately described. I didn't feel that way with this novel. Hammonds has a beautiful way of writing. Just enough, never too much. I look forward to more from them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Outing

Minor: Body shaming and Police brutality

murve's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

ishikavarma's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

wow SO many things to say but let me first start with the fact that I loved this reading experience and I'm so so so glad I stumbled across this book!! this needs to go booktok viral or something so that everyone can read it. So beautiful and cool and I really enjoyed the mystery piece of it as well as the black history and learning about the inherent violence of small southern towns and the grief and generational trauma and of course the queer finding yourself love aspect (with the most amazing shock of my life) was highly appreciated. the scene with the three women on the beach possibly is the most beautiful writing i've ever read like being able to visualize that was such a privilege. read this book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

Loved the book for the most part, but felt like the ending was really abrupt considering the slow pacing of most of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Outing

otakatoe3's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sad_sunflower's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming and Car accident

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

datgirllani's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-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

Oh God, this book was devastatingly beautiful. It broke my heart and made it feel full at the same time. The writing? 10/10. There’s so much more meaning in this book that wasn’t written on the pages. Officially my favorite book I ever read. Please read it, you won’t regret. “I wanted to cry because I didn’t understand how a world so beautiful could also harbor so much pain”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Police brutality, and Abandonment