Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud

24 reviews

yclepit's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Murder

waywardtomes's review

4.0

I wasn't expecting anything in this book. It is much heavier than I thought it was going to be but I still really enjoyed the story of family. I laughed a little, cried a few times, and my jaw might have dropped more than once. Also I did the audio and love that it was narrated by the author. 

Please note: if you are looking for a review about the rep in it, I cannot give you that. I am a white lady in the U.S please look for reviews by Trinidadians on that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

rosies_book_shelf's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Blood

moonchildjuli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Medical content, and Bullying

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

bexh's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Domestic abuse

radfordmanor's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

phoevincent's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sorcha_rosa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This book was beautiful. The writing was lush and emotional. It is impossible to me that these characters are not real people. This story was wonderfully told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Homophobia, Hate crime, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Racism

abigailp's review against another edition

emotional 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

"As you get older you will come to value the one or two people you have in your life that care. Really care." 
This book is a lot slower paced than what I prefer, which attenuated my enjoyment of Love After Love. Part 3 delivered on a satisfying and haunting conclusion. I greatly enjoyed the use of Trinidad dialect. I felt like I stepped right onto the island itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Blood