Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Summer Pact: A Novel by Emily Giffin

8 reviews

nicadolz's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Started with a promising, emotional premise and quickly became shallow, half-baked, and often annoying.  Three stars since I still got some entertainment value out of it when listening to audiobook at 2x.
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rketcher's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted 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

4.25

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pathologicalreader's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

4.0

A quick and easy read about a group of close friends from college. A tragedy involving one of them affects them all, causing them to agree to drop everything to support each other in the event of a crisis.
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nicbogen's review against another edition

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3.5

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jadedjill's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective fast-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

4.0

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xandriaisreading's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

I loved this book! The characters felt true and like the friend group you wish you had in college. I liked that the story was told from each to their perspectives. The pace was great and the banter and dialogue made this a fun read.

A story of a found family that promises to be there for each other after experiencing unimaginable grief in college.

10 years later they put this promise to the test. While the circumstances are unfortunate, this provides the friends the opportunity to take stock of their individual lives and find what they need to get back on track.

Settle in because each character goes on an emotion journey. The themes in this book are serious and quite heavy. From suicide and grief to alcoholism, cheating to coming out, and a brief mention of sexual assault, these characters are out through the wringer. The themes were handled with care and it felt like you got real insight into how people navigate these issues. From their messy missteps, unhealthy coping habits, to acceptance.


Thank you Random House Publishing for providing me with a copy via NetGalley for an honest review.
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sarahflanders's review against another edition

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3.0

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lcross1's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

Meh. First of all, this is not a seasonal story, it just conveniently happened to come out on the summer. Summer is a female character’s name. Book was fine, but I didn’t really get invested in the characters and some of the parts that were meant to be very emotional instead felt trite.
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