Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Missing Parts by Lucinda Berry

3 reviews

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

I got 14% of the way in.
I hate everyone, I cannot sympathize with any of them. Usually I'd just power through or skim til it got interesting BUT the 4 year old daughter ends up in the hospital

with her kidneys failing and she's on all sorts of machines and won't wake up, they need to start dialysis or she'll die.

 
I don't do books where kids are gravely hurt or die, and i can no longer do medical trauma books.
Also in the 50 pages I read there are SO many content warnings to be added. 
This one is not for me.
Not continuing and possibly not picking up any others from this author either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Rape

cdace8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This is the only book by Lucinda Berry I did not enjoy. It was very all over the place and kind of predictable. The main characters are all horrible and hard to like it feel sympathy for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, and Drug abuse