Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

29 reviews

sharkgirl45's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

kelleykamanda's review

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I usually love her books but this one was simply okay. Still nice to listen to but I didn’t have as much of a desire to root for the characters as I did with other books. I liked listening to Zoe’s plot line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Child death

icapturethecastle's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

cassielaj's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

3.5

A lot happened in this book without a lot happening, if that makes sense. I normally love a literary character exploration, except I felt that there were so many characters with dramatic things happening to them that each one didn’t get the attention they deserved. That being said, I would’ve read a whole novel dedicated to any one of the characters — they were definitely intriguing. I loved the ghost element and the way the story dealt with grief. I think there were a lot of strengths here, it just didn’t all come together for me.

by the time the twist happened at the end, there were only 50 or so pages left and it felt like a rush to the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Religious bigotry and Violence

gondorgirl's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Moderate: Death of parent and Mental illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Addiction

mbmayo's review

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Gaslighting

katiieecat's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Addiction, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

valerie's review

hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Child abuse, Child death, and Drug abuse

literarydeejay's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child abuse

eperetz's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia