Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

4 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

This was fine. I didn’t know what it was about I just heard people talking about it forever ago. I did like how all the POVs connected at the end. I liked the characters and their stories and how they grew. I do wish we got more of the history and cultural aspects. I liked the message and lessons of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Classism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Car accident, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

cc2018's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Abandonment

quirkyhelma's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

I really love this book. It was short straight to the point and emotional. Even tho the book isn’t plot driven I was hooked into the story. The characters were interesting not flat. I do have a critique about the diversity. It is set in the 70s but it was published in 2012 so keep that in mind. They were NO LGBTQ Characters. They were native people and it shows their struggles as those. But still the author makes the parents of one of the native people alcoholics. And they were racial slurs used. I’m not native, but it seemed kinda of to me. I still like the story and the way it shows the struggles of teenagers, wich arg still relevant today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Bullying, and Body shaming

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3.5 stars. The writing is beautiful. I realised I'm not the biggest fan of intertwining stories though. They just seems so coincidental and unrealistic often. 
I don't know what this story is trying to tell me, I think some message of hope and connectedness? Dora's story made me cry.
Uhhhm might update this review once i've gathered my thoughts haha. 


I probably forgot some trigger warnings 😬 lmk if I need to add any!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Racial slurs