Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan

6 reviews

0live_tr33's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, and Abortion

lauracollins096's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder and Animal death

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. It's quick, but it feels incredibly human. The format seems to mimic the dizzying effect of sudden grief and the quagmire of emotions between love and hate and loneliness and longing and then trying to pretend that you're okay enough to keep participating in capitalism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Bullying

Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Abortion, and Sexual content

paigicus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.25

Okay, the little blurb on the jacket made me think this was going to be a different type of story, but I quite liked this. This is the kind of book where you absolutely hate the protagonist and just want to shake her and tell her she’s been the asshole the whole time, but in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

 Here is the Beehive is proof that you can very much enjoy the reading experience while not liking the main character. Ana is a lawyer who is grieving the death of her lover, Connor. But they were both married and the affair was secret so she cannot publicly mourn him. Her involvement in his legal affairs - executor of his will - and her insinuation of herself into the life of his widow and their children are clearly not to be approved. Yet the writing was beautiful, capturing her grief and isolation, while highlighting the fact that the relationship was not exactly what Ana wanted it to be.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion

beefstew's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abortion and Death