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306 reviews for:

Grave Talk

Nick Spalding

4.03 AVERAGE

cjdavey's review

4.0
funny hopeful reflective 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: Yes

peace_372's review

2.5
emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Kindle Daily Deal. DNF at 20%.

So the book wasn’t long. Only 311 pages but I stopped half way through. I was enjoying the book initially. The premise of this book was interesting enough and I enjoy stories that explore grief. It was written by an author from the UK and I love English humor so I’m the beginning I really enjoyed the book. Def chuckled in some places and got insight in others.

 I enjoy books in general that explore grief. It’s just such a complex emotion and it’s up to the writer how to tackle it so you never know what you’re gonna get. But also when a book is based solely on grief and eventually healing it can get a bit cliché and redundant to couple with the insightfulness of it. 

So with that being said by the time I got halfway through story felt like it was dragging on and whatever point the book was set to make (or at least what I gathered from it) had already been made. So at Alice and Ben’s fifth meeting I was quite bored with what they had for with their time together. I don’t hate it. I just got bored. 

emarple88's review

3.75
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

This was a lovely concept and I’m impressed the author stuck to it the entire book. I’ve never lost someone so close to me, but I can imagine that this book reflects the process of grief and loss well. I’m rating it slightly lower just because at times the language and dialogue was a bit basic. But overall, entertaining, thoughtful, human, and funny. A good quick read. 

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elysecardhegi's review

4.5
emotional funny 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

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nvthemist's review

4.25
emotional 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

booksbytheboats's review

3.75
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Yes

ali_chaa's review

5.0
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

janiemo's review

4.0
emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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