Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

19 reviews

casira's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

Minor: Homophobia

passionatereader78's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This is an emotional story. It was difficult to read because of the heaviness of the story. It's well written.  I like the way we alternate between Edward's life after the crash and the events that lead up to the crash. Edward or Eddie lost his immediate family in a plane crash. He was the only survivor in the crash. He has trouble facing what happened to him. His aunt and uncle try to protect him and take care of him the best they can.  He's in therapy, but refuses to discuss the crash. Outside of his bubble people have been posting about him on social media and family members of the other passengers want to ask him questions.  He is a 12 year old boy who has to deal with survivor's guilt and grief.  He makes friends with his neighbor Shay and she helps him deal with his issues. When he turns fifteen he and Shay find all of the letters that people have written him over the years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

little_bean's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

First, I almost never read the acknowledgements at the end of a book but after finishing this story, I felt like I had to. READ THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AT THE END OF THE BOOK!! The emotion and kindness and respect shown by the author toward the inspirations for the story is incredible. 

This book was recommended to me by a patient and I am so thankful she did. I went in completely blind and I honestly recommend that approach. Even though you learn what's happening fairly quickly, it made the story that much more impactful. This story made me almost cry multiple times, smile so hard my cheeks hurt. I felt for every character and was so thankful for the people surrounding Edward. This story makes you stop and think about how you need to live your life because you never know what will happen next. Tell your family you love them. Write the book you been keeping in your mind. Take pictures of everything. Travel everywhere. Love and live. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Infertility, Addiction, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cursing and Eating disorder

gondorgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Addiction, and Drug abuse

maddiet425's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

1.0

Really wanted to love this one, but in my opinion, it was pretty boring.  I wasn’t able to connect with or understand the characters and since the book wasn’t at all plot driven, that made it difficult to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

st61826's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Injury/Injury detail

g4bby's review against another edition

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

Heard about this book because of the new show, and it doesn’t disappoint. Some aspects I hope they keep, others not so much. The characters are very well-made, and their relationships broke me from the inside out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

syriana's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I would give you six, but I can’t do that, so instead I’ll give you a five.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Racism

asclafani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Sometimes I needed to take small breaks from the book because the emotions of the characters and subsequent projectable real-life fears felt a little too real. I think the quote on the front summarizes it perfectly - “it will break your heart and put it back together again,” J. Courtney Sullivan. The ending was closure you wanted for Edward as a character, though it’s really mirrored in the strength to live each day for you, with no rights or wrongs. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Abandonment, and Death of parent