Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

78 reviews

a_win_in_clear_rain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

Very slow-paced book, I had trouble getting through it, especially at first. But I’m really glad I did; I feel like I learned and so much and felt what the characters felt. Incredible writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Sexism

Minor: Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt

yolie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

It took me quite a while to get through this book. The first half of the book is dedicated to setting the slow-paced life in Montana Cameron finds herself trapped in. 

Grieving, lonely, curious and troublesome we spend the Summer with Cameron as she explores her sexuality, much to the chagrin of her conservative and religious family and community. 

While this book could have gone so many directions with this story, it was a Bildungsroman that stayed true to the genre. Despite the circumstances she later finds herself in, surprisingly, Cameron is finally able to define for herself her identity and who she is without the judgment from her community and family.

I wish the book tied up certain storylines and situations better, although the ending tried to be hopefully and reflective of the journey Cameron had been on/ was still going on, I wish it explored the “what happens next” further.

I can’t say I enjoyed reading, but more like I didn’t mind reading it to pass the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Car accident

bowtiequeer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent

stierwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Thank gd for this book. It’d been a long time since a book was a full 5 stars from me. This book reminded me what good YA feels like: sharp yet entertaining prose, the humor there, the arc strong, the metaphors intricate and visual. It’s got found family, too. This’ll probably actually be the new go-to when I recommend my friends a YA read. Just painful (but not only!) and perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Grief, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

elgerrard's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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: Child abuse, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Self harm, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-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

Graphic: Car accident, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Alcohol, Death of parent, Biphobia, Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Lesbophobia

alexa_bmn's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Homophobia, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

astralfreckles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

del_moon's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.75

I give this book a 2.75/5. I have many questions, such as:
• Why was every girl she met gay?
•Why did she get no closure with Irene, was she even over her?
•How did she not drown from her muscles locking up at the end?
There are many more but I don’t feel like listing them right now. I also just wasn’t engrossed with her writing style. There were too many run on sentence, in my opinion. Lastly, she described herself as a loner at school but every girl she became friends with (except for Jane) liked her, and so did one of the boys. It just felt like she was a Mary Sue, but gay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

oleanderwillow's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Self harm, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia