Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

104 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Mental illness, Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Violence, Confinement, and War

katharina90's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Well written literary fiction that strikes an interesting balance between melancholy and more hopeful notes.

Definitely a slow burn and the side-by-side storylines in the beginning took me a while to get into but overall I really enjoyed this book.

What resonated most with me was the thread of yerba buena, flowers and other plants that winds its way through the novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

ecn's review against another edition

Too much abuse (and so many types)  way too early on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Outing, Homophobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Rape

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Toxic relationship, Child death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Was this book realistic or perfect? No. Is it a good read for when you need a sapphic relationship and people that successfully battle their childhood demons? Absolutely. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

sianjkh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

nina lacour doesn't miss!!! jesus christ!!! yet another book that will form me as a person in ways i will never recognize. i would've read it in one sitting given the chance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death

dorakathryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SOBBING SOBBING SOBBING SOBBING the first chapter made me sob the last chapter made me sob several in between made me sob they're both so broken but so right

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

antoniaodernein's review against another edition

dark lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Death

jensch's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction