Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Goodbye Earl: A Revenge Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith

12 reviews

lpeterson's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death, and Addiction

jammons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Murder, Cancer, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, and Addiction

brittanyisbooked's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved this book! The concept of reimagining a song was great. We so often hear retellings, but not often are they based on songs. I loved the way the author incorporated the story from The Chicks’ song Goodbye Earl, but also includes more than enough about the main characters themselves to make it a dynamic story of friendship and family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

nukie19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

heatherv's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Cancer

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Abortion

ncoletti's review

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Cancer, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

bekah1210's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

mostlikelyinalibrary's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.0

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, because I LOVE The Chicks & especially Goodbye Earl. I was expecting this to be a bit It Ends With Us-ish and make me laugh and then cry and then cry harder. 

Ultimately, this book felt painfully slow to me. I’m hardcore a plot girlie, and this was largely based around character development, so I think that’s what didn’t work for me. The parts I was most excited to see played out took maybe 15-20% of the book and the rest was the girls all falling in love and reuniting and flashing back to high school. It was fine, but not my cup of tea. 

Thank you NetGalley for gifting me an advanced copy of the book. All opinions are my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Child abuse

torrie_reads's review against another edition

4.5

Thoughts 

I knew I had to read this book when I saw the title and that it was a revenge novel. I think a lot of us girls/women in the south loved that song because domestic violence is really bad here. 

So to see an entire book made from it was amazing. But this isn't a light-hearted book. It is heavy. Really heavy. Please check all the warning before reading it. 

I really enjoyed it. It was hard to put down. I love a good book about found family and a village of women looking out for each other. Cross-Smith adds Christianity to her books which is usually a deterrent for me. But it isn't overwhelming and the characters are respectful to other beliefs. 

There were a few things I didn't like but overall I thought it was a fantastic book and will be buying a copy for my shelves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Sexual violence