Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lie with Me by Philippe Besson

14 reviews

athrillerreader's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, Grief, Abandonment, Suicide, Bullying, Cursing, and Self harm

parasihir's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I am intrigued by the way Philippe describes his love, his youth, and the love of his life. It is consuming, full of hunger, and quiet. It is far too quiet for the universe to hear, but loud enough for both of them to understand. I enjoy it thoroughly. Following the series of events that Philippe described is not that hard. With little effort, I can jump right in and see what Philippe was trying to depict. Of love. Of grief. And also, of yearning.

I just wanted to write to tell you that I have been happy during these months together, that I have never been so happy, and that I already know I will never be so happy again. 

Obviously, I cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, Alcohol, Death, and Grief

kirsten_marie's review against another edition

4.5

I feel like I have to reread this soon to get all the details of the book. I especially enjoyed the first part of the book because it felt more descriptive and scenic to me than the rest, which was more flashbacks and dialogue. But overall, I enjoyed these few characters and their tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Death

meeklovestoread's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This was my first french translated novel and my first experience reading this author's work so I was pleasantly surprised when I ended up really liking it. It was short so I read it in like three hours and it was lovely. I really liked how it was written and I think the pacing of this novel was done really well. Honestly, if I'm being honest I wasn't feeling Thomas's love for Philippe at first. I thought that he just viewed him as an opportunity that arose, but the last page of this novel was really heartbreaking. Also, the events that followed after 1984 were insane to me. It's still really hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that this actually happened in real life; that it's really not fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, and Abandonment

risemini's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Homophobia, Suicide, Bullying, and Death

connorkuj's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

morebedsidebooks's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Ableism, Death, Miscarriage, Car accident, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, and Vomit

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Bullying

jazzy_t's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Wow. 

The fact that this stems from truth makes it even more powerful, the internal feelings and throughts of the narrator gave and insight not often seen.

Think this story will be with me for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

cady_sass's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful and heartbreaking, if not a bit cliche. 

Highly recommend to fans of Call Me By Your Name 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Classism, Grief, and Homophobia