Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

When We Collided by Emery Lord

18 reviews

chemistryreads's review against another edition

sad

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was mostly well-written but really didn’t connect with it. I didn’t like that both teenagers in the story acted much older than they were. I understand Jonah’s side of things but Vivi’s I don’t. I don’t understand what parent lets their 17-year old go around bleaching their hair blond, wearing red lipstick, and hanging out with another family that is all strangers. Especially when that child has a newly diagnosed mental disorder! I get that this is fiction but it’s also a book on how not to parent. I grew frustrated with the story and how these teens were not taken care of by their parents. I wouldn’t want my old child reading this because it’s a challenging read with dark topics. I’m glad the author tackled bipolar disorder and death of a parent in this book, but it makes it a really heavy read that needs some larger trigger warnings. 3⭐️, 1🌶, ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

i absolutely loved jonah and his family in this book, and i think it was really wholesome to see their development throughout the book as well as jonah and vivi’s romance. i think that this book had necessary representation of mental illness, however - while i think it  is important to show the ugly sides of this - some of vivi’s treatment towards jonah really annoyed me. also, a lot of vivi’s dialogue felt quite unrealistic for a teenager. despite this, i thought this was a really lovely book, and the last few chapters were so lovely and poetic to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

marlene27's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent

a_wren_that_reads's review

Didn't like the main character's internal monologue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness

iguana_sanchez's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Self harm, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

cadesreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

makenzie_brown's review

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? Yes

3.0

i wish this book had more of a plot, the story is quite character driven witch is not my style. on the other hand I did love Vivi and I wish I could be more like her.

I think the reveal of what happened with Vivi´s friends back home could have been done differently, I just wish that it was framed as a bigger deal since it was hidden for so mutch of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation, Self harm, and Death of parent

st61826's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

elizabethbooks's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

felicity2023's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Each character was so well thought out and brimming with life. The plot was very colorful and interesting with a few secrets to discover which keeps the reader turning pages. Mental illness was also a large part of the story and the author did a beautiful job of incorporating it and bringing awareness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol