Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Powerless by Elsie Silver

31 reviews

marisabenn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.75

Another winner for Chestnut Springs 😭

This would have been a 5 star read if I didn't have to yell "JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER!!" a million times. I understand the trauma, but I also hate a miscommunication trope.

I adore Sloane and the sisterhood that is forming from female friendship. She was strong and feisty and so cute. 

This one also got me excited for Winter's story. This did a good job of making her seem human and loveable. 

More books completed in the series than left to read... and that breaks my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Cursing, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Classism, Car accident, and Child death

rach_aly1985's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Grief, Child death, and Toxic relationship

apolen's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Car accident, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Abandonment, Car accident, and Cursing

dearbookboyfriend's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Grief

laura_rheads_too_much'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, Death, and Miscarriage

kearstenkeepsreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

I just love this series so much! Seriously so damn good! Jasper and Sloane have this amazing friendship but also this sexual tension that just has you hoping it finally snaps but also goes on forever. The growth for both Jasper and Sloane is portrayed and written so beautifully and you just root for both of them. There were some truly beautiful moments and also moments I could not stop laughing. I love when a book can make me feel all of the feels and this book and series does that so well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death and Abandonment

sdupont's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

Elsie Silver does it again! She is so good at building relationships between well rounded characters. I loved Jasper and Sloane, they were characters you rooted for individually and together right from the start. I enjoyed seeing their relationship evolve as they became more vulnerable and honest with each other. It also can’t go without saying that this book is hot y’all! Honorable mention to the scenes with Willa and the rest of the Chesnut Springs and Gold Rush Ranch crews. I definitely would recommend this book. I can’t wait to continue with this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

Sloan's visits to her cousins ranch every summer are a welcome respite from the high demands of her father. For one month, she is carefree. When she is 10, there is a new face when she arrives to the ranch. After experiencing a life altering tragedy, Jasper was completely abandoned by his family. He is taken into the care of the Eaton family and treated as one of their own. Over the years, Sloan and Jasper's friendship grows. 

Years later, Sloan, now a prima ballerina, is set to marry an asshole her father has chosen for her. Her dad is using her as a pawn to advance his business and treats her like his property. Jasper, now a professional goalie, has to sit back and watch his best friend make, what he believes to be, the biggest mistake of her life. He has spent years trying to get Sloan to see the truth about her father, but she refuses to see it.

On the day of her wedding, Sloan receives a video showing her fiance cheating on her. Jasper comes to her rescue and takes her to Chestnut Springs. They arrive only to be dealt another blow, Beau is MIA.

I adore Sloan and Jaspers relationship. Sloan has had feelings for Jasper since the day they met, but Jasper always brushed it off as a childhood crush. As children, they became incredibly close. Jasper had experienced so much trauma in his short life and was so quiet and closed off.  He felt like he could talk about anything with Sloan and knew that she would never judge him. Jasper is highly anxious and Sloan is his safety net. She is always there to support him. As their relationship grows, he becomes more comfortable with himself and opens up more. 

I feel like the conflict in the book is understandable.

Jasper has never felt that he was good enough for Sloan, he has had feelings for her for years but after the threat from her father, he felt he had to stay away. Yes her could have told her, but at that point she didn't see the truth about her father and she probably would have taken her father's side over Jasper's. He felt like he had something to prove and that he couldn't act upon his feelings until he had made something of himself.  Then once Jasper decides to act on his feelings, Sloan has a hard time trusting that his feelings are true. She has loved him for years, so why is he reaiprocating them now after so long?

I feel like the Beau story line was unnecessary and was really pushed aside for most of the book.

  
I LOVE that the other family members were so present in this book!  I love seeing how their relationships have grown and how close the family is.

Tropes: friends to lovers, small town 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

chelsearose's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Grief