Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

15 reviews

melist6's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, Alcohol, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Addiction, and Dysphoria

divergentpixie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

TW: homophobia, transphobia, being abandoned

This book was stunning. Everything about it. It is so real.
The complexities of being a teen. The complexities of being black and queer.
Might be one of my favorite reads. I really related to some of Felix’s struggles. They really hit home. I haven’t cried reading a book in a while.
Felix is a really strong and forgiving person. I could never.

Honestly wish this book was polyamorous lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Deadnaming

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Outing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Biphobia, Body shaming, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Deadnaming, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Homophobia

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Very sweet but also so heavy and difficult at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Transphobia, Classism, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Medical content, Drug use, and Outing

spooderman's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Transphobia, Outing, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Abandonment, Hate crime, Racism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Cursing, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Biphobia, and Classism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Stalking, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Lesbophobia, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved it. Seriously loved it. Beautiful and captures the trans experience so well. I couldn’t put it down and I seriously flew through it once I was reading. I’m so sad it’s over. I feel like I only read 3 pages and then it was already over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Hate crime, and Drug use

stacy837's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Transphobia, Cursing, and Outing

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Deadnaming, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Gaslighting, Classism, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Abandonment, Grief, Bullying, Drug use, Sexism, Hate crime, and Toxic friendship

ekmook's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexism, and Outing

Minor: Abandonment and Grief

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

At first, I did not enjoy Felix Ever After. But as I read, I slowly became more attached to the characters, more interested in the plot and the mystery, more excited by the set pieces and the characters. By the end of the book, I was crying. God, I really enjoyed this book. Also, I really like the descriptions of the city, not just the physical descriptions of the city, but the people who live in NYC and how they interact with the city and how it makes a bunch of streets and businesses and crazy people a city.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Police brutality