Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

15 reviews

teachandcreate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

annorabrady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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 love the story and the writing style. I also really appreciate that when a life altering thing happens to a character, it is actually life altering. Actions and reactions have real consequences for these characters, which is hugely refreshing.

I also love that the different stories seem to breath in a way – they come together, spread apart, come back together, spread apart again, and finally come back together. It makes the story feel more natural and gives more interest for the different perspectives. 

I will say that I expected to find out that Tuesday was going to solve her first mystery while solving the main one. I'm both glad and disappointed that she didn't. I think the story works really well the way it was written. But I also would have loved to find out that Abby was actually wrapped up in the greater mystery all along.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Medical content, and Murder

greatexpectations77's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

I had a very very good time with this book, and I'm excited to read more from this author. I liked the characterizations, I appreciated the backstory, and I could see hanging out with these folks. I felt like the first like 3/4 were slightly stronger than the last quarter, but it felt like an older version of The Westing Game, which I LOVED when I was younger, so that was a very happy little nostalgia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

ptaradactyl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This seems like a love-it-or-hate-it book, and I fell on the side of love it. The characters were flawed and weird and smart and interesting. I want to send most of them for a few rounds of therapy. I also want some weird and fun magic for everyone to enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia and Violence

chelsealauren17's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

queersubtext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Child death

annevh's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

2.5

The premise is lovely, and drew me in immediatly, but I found it a bit of a let down. 

The writing became repetetive in its metaphores (I don't want to hear any 'mental files rustle' for a while) and there were too many overlapping storylines that were never fully developed. Tuesday was a bit too 'not like other girls' to me to really be sympathetic. 

Although the audiobook kept me entertained and I don't regret my time spent with this book, I wouldn't recommed it to a friend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent

readinggem's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

dnlrbchd's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.75

The book was better in theory than in execution. There were too many side stories that took away from things rather than enhanced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Death of parent

mwineinger's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder