Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd

117 reviews

kae_lyns's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Cancer, and Bullying

annieb26's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Vomit and Blood

klsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

A Monster Calls is beautiful and devastating. This is a short story about truth, grief, and living with conflicting truths. For a kids'/YA book, it's absolutely brutal. The art is a perfect edition to this dark, modern, occasionally funny fairy tale. What can we control when monsters inevitably come knocking? Are they monsters at all?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Terminal illness, Bullying, Violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

becsd93's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

karwc's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Bullying, Grief, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content

emerentina's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, and Cancer

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

charityc's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying

charityc's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Abandonment

hamna's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The writing is almost poetic with how well it is written. The actual storytelling is so well thought-out so it manages to encapsulate a lot (in terms of plot and atmosphere) in such a short book. It does a good job of portraying the character's overwhelming experience with grief, anger, etc., so it can be a bit difficult to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible book. Very heavy and heartfelt, but really beautiful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying