Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

30 reviews

georgiesutton's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

This was a rollercoaster and I want to go again. It made me cry and laugh and I whizzed through it in two days. Definitely going to read more of TJR’s earlier books after this her writing is glorious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Child death, Grief, Car accident, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Medical content

tizoka's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

trycerabel's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

liminalnotes'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? Yes

5.0

I don't know what it is with TJR's books that just makes me feel so much every time. I started this without knowing anything so I was pretty surprised when I realized where she was going with this one. I loved the concept of this book and TJR never ceases to amaze me with how well she executes these concepts.

I admit this didn't get me hooked as fast as her other books had before. The concurrent storylines also made it difficult at times to remember just what happened. But that could be a me problem, and honestly, I'm still just so amazed by the concept that I consider this as a very minor complaint. The conversations about fate, destiny, soulmates and parallel universes in this book really got me. I also read this thinking it would be focused on romance and I was pleasantly surprised to see it focus not just on romantic love, but also platonic and familial love. And this book was filled with so many thought-provoking lines about life that I just had to stop reading for a moment and reflect on my own. (I don't know about you, but for me, I know it's a good book if it makes me do that.)

I will forever love the moment when I realized that all along, Gabby was her soulmate. The constant in her life no matter what the circumstances. I just really loved the idea that Hannah can go through very different paths in life but still somehow end up with the same constants in her life. Even with not ending up with Henry/Ethan, I loved that she still ends up with both of them in her life. Really makes you think that some people are really destined to be in your life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Child death and Car accident

gaby123's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, and Child death

kenzyereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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? Yes

4.0

this was going to get a 3.5 but the line “my heart breaks for every version of me that didn’t end up with you” made it a 4

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

charlereads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

mallory10100's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

philosophical, the one that got away by katy perry vibes, similar to the midnight library 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

i loved this book so much :)

whovianrad's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

I actually really enjoyed reading this! I didn’t like it quite as much as TJR’s other books, but it was still quite interesting.  My main critique of this is that the main character’s entire personality was her love of cinnamon rolls.  Cinnamon rolls were mentioned 50+ times, and were seriously one of the most prominent parts of her life.  I just wish she had slightly more of a real personality.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death and Fatphobia

stellies's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was so so good. At first, I wasn't sure of the writing style but then I got used to it. This book is told in alternating chapters. One chapter/storyline follows Hannah's life when she leaves the party with her friend and the other chapter/storyline follows Hannah when she stays at the party with her ex boyfriend. Both storylines were great! Both make you feel different emotions and make you root for different things to happen. I'm psyched to read more from this author 😍

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident