Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

14 reviews

amandamz's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Cancer, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Child death

iamaprettyflower's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

This book had so many unexpected twists that it had me screaming into a pillow (in a good way!). I really loved that it explained the history behind all of the Egypt references as I would have been completely lost otherwise. I really enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

cyndi1966's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

sophiab27's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying

cwalden's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death, Child death, and Cancer

Moderate: Body shaming

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Cancer, Child death, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Dementia, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Body shaming

am4man's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Child death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying and Body shaming

wikikapusta's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, and Grief

heli1403's review

emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Jodi Picoult has done it again. I honestly thought I wouldn't like the book that much because it didn't sound like something I'd be interested in, but I enjoyed every minute because of her flawless writing and story. I waited a lot to get the book in my hands and did not regret it. Totally recommend this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

I had a bit of a tough time understanding time in this book, but based on the author’s descriptions of the concept of the multiverse and there being multiple planes of reality within which we and other versions of ourselves exist, I think it was meant to be a bit confounding. I loved the characters of this book and the way that Picoult talks about how love isn’t singular or static, how you can love more than one person at the same time, how you can not be with someone but still never fall out of love with them. I loved the conversations about death and how it should teach us something about life — they brought me some peace in my own grieving. This is the kind of book I wish I could experience again for the first time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Medical content