Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

56 reviews

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

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

Moderate: Misogyny and Dementia

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

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

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

readbycarina's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer and War

nevermindthefall's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

4.75

well it was a great reading. unfortunately i read this book in russian translation and it has some flaws. it doesn’t affect the storytelling or understanding of the plot but left me with strange taste in my mouth, so my review is kind of a trigger warning for those who’ll decide to read the book in russian 
overall the book depicts tehran in the 50s, it’s beautiful culture and complicated history. 100% recommend reading 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, and Abortion

the book will hit you with teenage boy and teenage girl relationship, the girl is 14 and the boy is older (don’t remember his age). their relationship went kinda explicit though there is no graphic description of it. just be aware

shannonxvx's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

lapetite's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I just finished this book and I need someone to hold me because I am not ok. Do not expect any coherent thoughts from me right now.

 All I want to do is sob in a corner and eat comforting Persian food as I try to deal with my injured heart. The novel is a bittersweet tale of love and loss, one that transcends years and generations.

I knew this book was not a romance and therefore it would not have a happy ending for Bahman and Roya, but goddamn it, I hoped! Even if the ending completely decimated me, it was still fulfilling because even though they had lost so much time, they still loved each other and they knew it. When Roya gets Bahman's tin filled with her letters and the letters he wrote but never sent? UGH, THE TEARS. They deserved better. They deserved a life together. Alas, it wasn't meant to be but even so their love was so strong, it still survived even through the pain, the uncertainty.

Don't mind me, I'm just sniffling over here.

My only real gripe is that it starts off very slow and even felt a bit disjointed, but none of that mattered in the end.

Also, as a writer, it was very comforting for me to read the acknowledgments and see how this book started out as one the author wrote for herself. It kind of gives me hope that I can follow my heart and maybe a story that I write just for me will resonate with others the way The Stationery Shop resonated with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer

flameoflareon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Definitely not the slow-burn romance foregrounding historical political upheaval that I was expecting, but that's my own fault for jumping to conclusions based on the summary. Some writing choices were a bit odd

like chapters that are supposed to be letters to a character having dialogue and narration

, but the foreshadowing was strong, the story interesting all the way through, and the ending satisfying. If you like sad, messed up heterosexuals, consider this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Abortion