Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

63 reviews

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This would have been a 5 star read if the epilogue would have been -slightly- more flushed out. So SO good. A heart pounding, gut wrenching look into the wrong side of "coming of age" and how our past will always come back to haunt us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

amynoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I was riveted from start to finish. I couldn’t get enough. Got me teary eyed a few times. Only thing that held it back from a 5 was the ending could have been a bit better imo, but it was still good enough. Overall a great read and now one of my fave thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

mackcundall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

jennjoy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

This is dark. Super dark. But also twisty and a really good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Incest, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

leahka89's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Major trigger warnings. Very good read, but extremely emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Infertility, Terminal illness, Blood, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, and Abortion

lbarnhill3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Wow. This was such a fantastic read! Very emotional and challenging at times. I feel like I would have liked to know more about Kiser’s back story.

I didn’t put the pieces together about Geo’s son until right when Kiser & Kim were. I will say, I didn’t really like that Kiser and Geo end up together. Maybe it’s petty of me, but I didn’t think Geo deserved a truly happy ending. She didn’t deserve a horrible one, but idk, just felt wrong.

PLEASE read the trigger warnings before you start this book and be aware if you have any of them. I didn’t and had to put it down a couple times to process the

sexual assaults

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

martachbc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

craftygal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, and Death of parent

alindeman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow this book. Brutal, heart wrenching. This content is pretty depressing. *incredible* writing and story telling. Moves so seamlessly between perspectives and time frames you don’t even realize it. Does a 5 year time skip which surprised me but worked well- again just such good writing. 

The book details Geo’s life after her trial, during, and after her prison sentence while simultaneously going into the past and slowly uncovering the story of Calvin James & what really happened the night Angela died. Once she finishes her prison sentence (after the 5 year time skip) you start learning through Kaiser’s perspective about

the murders currently occurring, where Calvin James is, and how he might be involved

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Geo’s story is honestly so fucking sad. Part of me was so incredibly angry, I just wanted to shake her and yell “just tell the fucking truth!!” But at the end of the day, she was a victim too, and you learn more about that throughout the whole book. 

Over all- excellent writing and a compelling mystery, & story about trauma 

CHECK TW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

hollaylonn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy