Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

58 reviews

frenandjen's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Hate crime

Minor: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Addiction, Violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Grief, Gaslighting, and Drug use

bxcvi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug use, Violence, Grief, and Drug abuse

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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: Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Death, Misogyny, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Addiction, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Racism

mandireads's review against another edition

emotional

3.0

I liked this alright! I liked the interview style it was told in — and I loved that the audiobook had a full cast. It really brought the characters to life. I liked that it spanned decades and we got to see Opal & Nev from the beginning all the way through to the end. I really enjoyed the social, cultural, and political commentaries that weaves throughout the book. It made it all feel very real. I had to regularly remind myself this was a fiction novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Racism

arbertram10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death

Moderate: Violence

thehmkane's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

It's unfortunate that this book won't be able to avoid comparison to Daisy Jones, because this, to me, is a much more solid journey into that space. Timely, but nostalgic; classic, but modern. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Drug use

ringofkeyz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment and Addiction

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

spookyaz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

this book was written in such a convincing/interwoven way that I had to stop myself at several points and be like "no, opal & nev was not an actual musical duo"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

katewhite77's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I really recommend consuming this novel via audio if at all possible as I should imagine it's the best way to differentiate between all the different colourful characters featured. 

On one level this is very entertaining and upsetting in equal measure spoof aural history of a spoof of a 1970s Anglo American pop duo and on another it says something important about racism sexism and capitalism on both sides of the Atlantic. 

I think fans of Daisy Jones and the Six would really like this as they are  similar in both Audio and print. I would say The Final Rival of Opal And New has another strand to it though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexism