Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Summer's Edge by Dana Mele

7 reviews

throwback682's review against another edition

2.5

I found this book really confusing and not very intriguing. I kept hoping the twist would be worth it but meh. I should’ve DNF’d  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

agiraffe95's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

aichaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this is was so well done, so well constructed and thought out, everything fits!!! loved it!!

blurbs: the haunting of hill house meets (something)
one of the narrators: is seemingly a ghost
me when kennedy says the house is haunted: omg there are ghosts in the book!

ryan made me so uneasy but i felt bad for him at first, thinking he had his reasons to act like that… and he did. but those reasons didn’t justify his behavior at all lol

as soon as he called himself a nice guy, my suspicions about his character were confirmed. like, being petty and bitter because of the situation he was in is one thing, but he  used it all to justify his already growing resentment about his friends and was SO over-the-top about it.

must be a family thing because like, emily sweetie, you did way TOO much, went way TOO far to avenge your reddit dwelling, inc*l of a brother lol. calm down. she was just like ryan too — chase is her chelsea and mila is her kennedy.

anyways, everything can be summed up by kennedy saying “I wish my friends weren’t so dramatic.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief

brynleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

swedishfrisk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is a cheesy young adult popcorn flick. The comparisons made on the book seem fairly accurate and it definitely blends reality with the supernatural. I struggle with how I feel about this book because it had an interesting premise starting out and then there were a lot of flashbacks and then when it ends you feel confused but can also piece some things together. I had trouble though differentiating the characters at times and felt like the book could have been far shorter to have more impact with its ending. I’m not sure we needed every single detail given. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

 this was a serious mind f*ck, but also I figured out some of what was going on pretty quickly, so it was a bit predictable, though I didn't figure out everything. It was still a decent book though. I miss it had been more about mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was incredible! So spooky and suspenseful and that plot twist was wild! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Kennedy sees ghosts and their descriptions can be upsetting to some

drowning is mentioned several times

Emily drugs everyone with Chelsea’s sleeping pills, she puts them in the wine, it’s also implied something was put in a bottle of wine Emily almost drank.