Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

37 reviews

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

beccacarroll's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

kiahmarieee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Child abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

trinloyd's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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? No

3.75

While I enjoyed this book and flew through it, I did find it to be more juvenile than I had anticipated. It had a very YA feel to it and was very cringy at some parts. The author’s style of writing is not my favorite but is very easy to read. There were parts that didn’t feel believable, like the author didn’t know what she was talking about, and with such heavy subject matter, you would expect a weightiness to the writing but it all felt very light, even the parts that discussed assault. Overall I’d give it 3.75 stars and I do plan to read the second book. It wasn’t what I expected it to be but still enjoyable. I will say that I don’t plan to read anything else by this author other than the sequel to this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Death, and Sexual content

sam019's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

It was a good book! I felt the author was really great at bringing up difficult themes in a very sensitive and raw manner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Adult/minor relationship

theartistreader's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Child death, and Child abuse

readingwithlyss's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

aliteraryday's review against another edition

emotional 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

Earlier this month I said I would give Micalea another shot and I did. This one was WAY better! I could not put this book down. It's set in a small town and follows Salem, 18, and Thayer, her 30 year old neighbor. To say Salem experienced childhood trauma would be an understatement, but the book doesn't focus solely on that (which was good for me). Thayer becomes Salem's next door neighbor after getting a divorced and moves in with his son Forrest. When Salem first introduces herself to Thayer, it clear to see that it was going to be grumpy-sunshine. From the beginning of the book, Salem really lacks future plans and while she is dating the "golden boy" of her town who has plans to go to Harvard. Salem is perfectly content staying in her small town helping her mom run an antique shop and making candles. Through early morning runs and cookie dough cupcakes, Thayer warms up to Salem and we get to see their relationship start to develop. When Salem starts to lean on Thayer for emotional support, I could tell he was falling for her. I loved seeing them fall into a routine with each other. But I really love how Thayer is willing to do anything to make Salem happy. THE CONCERT. ONE-BED. I would be re-missed if I didn't say that the last 15% of this book did not have me crying because it did. My hope for the second book is that we fix this mess that was made and get Dual POV (finally). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault

zoemain's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

MAKE SURE you read the trigger/content warnings.
Okay, so that was way darker than I thought it would be.
I’ve never read an age gap romance before (apart from, well, Twilight and the like) and I didn’t end up enjoying it. But I won’t criticise his age because I knew what I was in for. So, every time Thayer’s hairyness was described I think a threw up a little. But apart from that the romance was fine. The only reason I was attached to Thayer was because his son Forrest was so adorable. He was my favourite character.

WHY THE EFF DID HE HAVE TO DROWN???

Anyway :)
Didn’t really care about the Mum or the sister but luckily they weren’t too prevalent.
There were lot of dark things in this book

brief mentions of past SA, Salem’s mum getting cancer, and, I can’t forget, FORREST DROWNING!

that felt really random. I don’t know why the author added these things in. They didn’t tie in well.
Anyhow, I’m not a picky reader when it comes to romances so this was fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

maddie79's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content