Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

104 reviews

amarvellouslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Infidelity

librabby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Abandonment, Drug use, and Grief

sky143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

falltumn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.25

objectively not a bad book! just too heavy for me to really enjoy. HEAVILY encourage looking into the warnings before reading, it loads a lot at the beginning but it's still prevalent throughout the whole book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

biblioghoul's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

funkylitchick's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

janicew9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Drug use, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death of parent

glmarie0428's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

 This book felt natural and surreal in a way that makes it fit more into the fiction genre than romance, which is different for me.

It all starts off really dark with a young girl who needs to leave town because she has watched her girlfriend be lifted out of a river dead and then proceeds to leave home ASAP by sleeping with someone for money and taking off with a guy that she barely knows. Both women do not have great home lives or experiences with love, so it interesting to watch how they interact with different people whether or not they are in a romantic sense. I would love to reread this novel to better understand the symbolism of the Yerba Buena, but it is constantly reoccurring. The connection between the two women at the end is worth all of it in the end, as their connection is tender, genuine, but also understandingly hesitant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment

veramele's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Cursing, and Grief