Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

52 reviews

kiandrareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abortion, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Child death, and Emotional abuse

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer

hollymich's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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? No

5.0

The Stationery Shop has absolutely become a favourite of mine! I was swept up by the romance and felt deeply for these characters. This melancholic love story had me in tears many times. 

I appreciated learning about the political landscape of Iran in the 1950s and beyond. Marjan Kamali did a fantastic job depicting how central the political unrest was in the personal lives of the characters. Overall, a lovely exploration of Persian culture, womanhood, immigration, mental health, love and loss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Violence, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Abortion, Sexism, and War

allyordyna's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-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

4.25

Wow. My mind is reeling and my heart is burning. What a ride. 16+ Read TW

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Grief, Police brutality, Death, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Emotional abuse, War, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Cancer

ailli1's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Mental illness, and Gun violence

marissasa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

I never thought I would cry listening to an audiobook but boy did this one prove me wrong. The Stationery Shop was full of love and culture and humanity and sadness, so much so that it felt like the characters were real people and this was a true retelling of their lives rather than a historical fiction. The descriptive setting of a politically-charged Tehran, all the side characters full of personality, the themes of the pursuit of knowledge and truth through literature and social justice, and the mouthwatering descriptions of traditional Iranian food brought this story to life and helped to make it memorable to me as more than just a star-crossed lovers plot. Although it was slow in the start and I didn't immediately connect with Roya and Bahman's relationship because of how fast it happened, my mind changed by the end once I had seen all the angst, pain, yearning, heartbreak, and acceptance that they had to go through to get to the point when they would finally meet again 60 years later. With each detail of how Bahman's memory of Roya lived on in his heart and mind every single day, my own heart hurt. From the stationery shop he established in the US modeled after the place they first met, to his favorite poem from Rumi that he shared with Roya and exchanged letters through which his children then read at his funeral, I was tearing up. Just when I thought this sweet and sad story couldn't tear my heart out anymore, the epilogue started and the tears were just flowing. This book was a truly emotional one full of the losses, joys, and complexities of life that make up the human experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abortion

ellenwilberg's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Child death, Terminal illness, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

rachellewiski's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Mental illness, Abandonment, War, Classism, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny and Dementia

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

yuna's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

The theme of this book is never recovering from having your teenage heart broken, only take that to the extreme. Liked the supporting cast but they drop off in the latter half of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

alayamorning's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt