Reviews tagging 'Death'

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

16 reviews

driedmintleaves's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Beautiful, surreal, flowing, a vivid dream through and throughout 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Car accident

britainmic's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Car accident

scarhatesjeffybezos's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

1.5

i simply don't think i understood what was happening. but the art was nice

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Death, Car accident, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking

mobymaize's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Simply wow. A very beautiful book :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death of parent, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Grief, Car accident, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Rape

overlap's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Rape, Car accident, and Incest

lillygolden's review

emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Death

rachelditty's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I read this in one sitting while at my local library and had to keep myself from crying. This is a wonderful depiction of grief and dealing with events in our lives that shape us in ways we never thought we'd be shaped. The visual metaphor of Diamond the cat as someone Lou wants to help, and Bea wants to keep safe because she's alone, was very well done. I've read Walden's Spinning and really enjoyed it, but the colors in Are You Listening were gorgeous. There were a few full-page spreads I wanted to hang on my wall. I definitely need to sit on this book for a while and read it again when I get the chance. I want to buy it right now. Incredible. Heartbreaking. Everything I needed to read right now.

Some quotes I loved:
"It was cool when it was just my mom being proud... and when I got to see that I had this... talent. But now it's something people in town tell. Now it's something else." (p. 46).

"Usually when I'm really busy I can just swallow everything down. But without work I feel kind of... unhinged." (p. 90).

"'I fell right next to him. Broke my arm.' 'That's horrible.' 'It wasn't that bad. I got a cool cast.' 'No, not that. That he didn't catch you.'" (p. 148).

"You told me. You told me. That's fighting." (p. 203).

"'Everything you've seen is built by you. Which is why you'll never see it again.' 'That's bullshit. IF that were true then everything around me would be on fire because that's how I feel.' 'If that were the case, then we'd smell smoke. Some part of you is still solid because, well... everything is still here.'" (p. 256-257).

"I wish I could go back to believing there were things that weren't possible." (p. 287).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual violence

turtlecactus's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Grief, Physical abuse, and Rape

nobeansna's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

The story was hard to follow because it was unclear if we are in the real world or a world unique to the book. In the moments that it was clear, it was really touching but overall I found it to be emotional for the sake of being emotional and tried to tell a unique, heart-warming story but just fell short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

malditxdulzura's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Esto podría haber sido perfectamente una de mis pesadillas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death