Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

62 reviews

cassiealexandra's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

Reread update 5/2024 - just as good the second time through. I listened to the audio this time and it was great. I love this book—quirky, funny, sad, moving, strange, beautiful. No further comments. Emily Habeck, I have no notes. No notes. 

See my review on the hardcover for more thoughts.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

alex_bousquet's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

The author takes the question "would you still love me as a worm?" And transforms it into its own world of people changing into different species. It tells the story of how strong your love has to be and makes you question if you would still be with the person you are with if they were different. It was an amazing read. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use and Animal death

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Man. If I were just rating part one, it would be an EASY 5. That was some of the most beautiful literature I've ever read. I was sobbing by the end. I can definitely understand why the format might not be everyone's cup of tea but I absolutely loved it.

Unfortunately, the book lost me in part 2. It's a lovely story, but it felt like too far a meander from the gut punch that was part one. If it were up to me, I would have had just the first part, about half of the third part, and the epilogue.

All that said, I whipped through this book like wildfire.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dementia, Violence, Chronic illness, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Abortion and Infertility

tetrootz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Body horror, Blood, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Alcoholism

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

Weird… just … weird. Beautifully written and the character development was good but too many plot gaps and unanswered questions that left a salty taste in my mouth. LOL

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

abelk's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Body horror

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

cosy_coffee_reader's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

Listened to the audiobook 🎧
Beautiful writing, a tragic story, an abrupt ending. 
This is definitly one of the strangest books ive read just because of the story line, it definitly intrigued me. 
I was wanting to finish it but now I'm sad it's over. 😅 
Honestly it was quite hard to rate this. 
There were parts I didn't enjoy just because it was hard to listen to but was sweet at times and sad. Glad to have listened to it. 
TW:
One of the characters has an abusive relationship, doesn't go into to much detail but was enough to turn my stomach.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cursing

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Mental illness

stefcornell'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? N/A

4.25

The way this book is written is intriguing and entertaining. For folks that have been a caretaker for a family member with an illness, this book is heart wrenching. While the illnesses portrayed in the book aren't your typical ones, they feel reminiscent of real illnesses.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt