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The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk

6 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

This book is all about grief and struggling to find oneself after the death of a loved one. This is a book that I had to be in the right headspace to read and sometimes it was really hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Blood

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Minor: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

ladygetslit's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Outing, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Suicide

breannajailene's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

jaec11's review

emotional reflective 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

4.5

4.5 stars

This book was stunning. So emotional and beautiful and just stunning.

We follow three characters who have all just lost someone close to them. They each move through grief in different ways and we see how they all grapple with that. 

The best thing about this book was the characters. They are all loveable and realistic and imperfect, and each with distinctive and beautiful voices. The writing was amazing and poetic and impactful from every character.

I don't cry in books, but I did for this book. The grief was palpable and the pain every character felt was evident through the pages 

My one complaint about this book was the number of characters. 3 characters, all with complex lives and friends, makes for a hard time keeping track. But I loved it anyways.

PG-13 for language, suicide, and other heavy material

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

anniekslibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

 
This has been on my TBR for way too long and I'm glad I finally read it - I loved the way it dealt with grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence