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How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

35 reviews

makaylarose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, and Addiction

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

veramele's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, and Death

anaya_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I think this book did a great job on tackling the experience of grief, especially at a young age. As someone who has lost a parent figure at the same age as Tiger, a lot of the concepts were spot on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Cancer, and Suicide

theelisa's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Addiction

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This review is spoiler-free. Content warnings for the book are listed at the end.

This was a dark, emotional story about loss, grief, and living after you lose someone you love. At times, it was hard to read. Glasgow put so much feeling into every chapter, and it was evident. Reading this was reading about one of my biggest fears, and at times, it really hit close to home.

The issue is that I didn’t get invested in the story until two-thirds through. The characters were well-written, but it took a significant amount of time for me to get attached in any way. Even so, I was more curious about how the plot would pan out rather than what would happen to any given person.

One thing in this book’s favor is that it’s one of the most unique contemporaries I’ve read in some time. Very few contemporaries can tackle the themes this one does and make it work.

I wish I could pinpoint other things I liked and disliked, but honestly, I can’t. How to Make Friends with the Dark isn’t a bad book, and if you can handle the content, maybe you’ll enjoy it. It hurt my heart, but I’m also ready to be done with it, if that even makes sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Contains: death of a parent, grief, suicidal ideation, mentions of suicide & child abuse, underage drinking, drunk driving, car accident