Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Birthday by Meredith Russo

45 reviews

sandy_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Cancer, and Death of parent

clementine_lr's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

ttthetincan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing

alfiyah's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

itshardizzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Transphobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent and Vomit

Minor: Cancer

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

alitoons's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

lilac_aqua's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this book, the story and the concept complement each other really well.

I actually really like a happy ending so after all the turmoil it's nice to have it wrapped up with a hopeful scene

All in all an enjoyable and insightful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Bullying