Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh

54 reviews

apageoffictionallove's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

clara01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I loved both Binding 13 and Keeping 13, I think they are amazing books and well worth a read. I strongly advise anyone to read the triggers first, I went in blind and wasn't prepared for the heartbreaking and how disturbing it could sometimes be. 
Shannon and Johnny have to be one of my favorite book couples and this book was the perfect ending (for now 🤞🏾) to their story.

The only thing I would say is I felt the book was just too long. At times it seemed to be really slow with not much h ppening. I think the storyline could've been covered in only 2/3 of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming

notyourbai's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Medical content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, and Death of parent

monica_d's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, Murder, Suicide, Addiction, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual content, and Child abuse

meriss's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

tanishabereading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The way I ate up Johnny & Shannon’s beautiful love story is crazy 😩😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Grief

contemplating_fiction's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

2.75

This book was slower than the last. I felt it could have been shorter and included alot of material in the middle of th3 story that could have been more succint. 

I enjoyed the ending and felt it was somewhat foreshadowed. The plot twist was enjoyable and I felt the emotional aspect was well delivered. 

The ending was a nice close off to the story but was somewhat anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism

emforembarrassing's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Alcohol

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcohol, Grief, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

theaa_reads's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

♾️⭐️

I‘ve been dreading writing this review for about two weeks now, cause I just don‘t know how to put my feelings and love for this series into words and because I know that this review isn‘t going to show what a special place the entire series has in my heart. 
I went into the book completely blindly. I randomly got it at the bookstore because I loved the cover and I‘ve heard amazing things about the series. Little did I know that it was going to break my heart. 
I finished Binding 13 in under 24 hours. A 800 pages long book. I just couldn‘t stop reading. I‘ve never loved book characters more than these. Every single character was so perfect in their own way. 
The 800 pages of the book were the perfect length (even though before starting this series I was wondering how a romance book could have so many pages) and the story didn‘t feel rushed at all. I loved that the dialogues were so long because that made the entire book so real and raw. 
I wasn‘t prepared for the emotional impact that series was going to have on me! Please, please, please check the TWs!!! I didn‘t and luckily I don‘t really have triggers but I still cried so much for the characters, their trauma and everything they went through. 
Also I‘ve never met a book boyfriend more perfect than Johnny. His love for Shannon and his patience with her 🥹 Their love was so pure 🫶🏻
After the worst cliffhanger I had to wait 3 days for Keeping 13 to be delivered. It was the worst. But Keeping 13 was just the perfect conclusion for Johnny‘s and Shannon‘s story. I loved how both characters developed so much and how Shannon thrived 🥹 
I don‘t want to say too much because in my opinion it‘s always best to go into books blindly but I can only recommend this series. 
Not only was it heartbreaking but there were so many funny and cute moments, too!! 
Definitely one of my favorite books EVER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Miscarriage