Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

50 reviews

raphynette's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

althebookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

thereaderfriend's review

emotional 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? Yes

3.0

I thought I was gonna really like this but it wasn't what it promised to be. I was under the impression it'd be about 2 FMC's friendship, and how the characters impacted each other. It focused more on the characters themselves, and the relationships the characters were in. I did like the style though where it was disorganized short stories and remarks of events because it reminded me of real life and memories. I really liked the character development too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

ahskme's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism

vaniavela's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

sholcomb's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

I loved the characters in this book, and the writing style had me captivated, but unfortunately it was just too rushed. The timeline was confusing sometimes and I couldn’t tell what had happened to get us to the point we were at, not enough was explained. Also sometimes there was too much focus on things that were never brought up again, rather than the actual friendship of Jane and Fiona. I would’ve loved if there was more time with them together, dealing with things, and more about their friendship as a whole, as well as more explanations of certain plot points. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Outing, Drug use, and Death of parent

burnt_milk's review against another edition

funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoy literary fiction but find it kinda difficult to talk about. Some parts of this really hit, but as is often the case with these kind of stories I wish subjects were given more depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Outing, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Sexual assault, and Vomit

leanne_miron's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Death of parent, Racism, Homophobia, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Infidelity

collie98's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Racism, Physical abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Terminal illness, Self harm, and Grief

devynhinds's review

dark emotional tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Racism, Abortion, War, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders