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A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole

8 reviews

booksandgore's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt

rachelburns2002's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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4.75 ⭐️ I cannot lie to you I am still sobbing whilst writing this review. This is such a beautiful read, but please do be aware of the triggers and heartbreak that it does include 🤍 This duet has had me laughing, crying, smiling and honestly deeply thinking about life, friendships, relationships, grief, terminal illness and so many other topics. It has to be up there with my most tabbed books ever, because the amount of love, grief, sorrow and heartbreak in this book (and the first) is huge in the best ways possible. it really does get you thinking alongside the storyline of the more real life questions and thought provoking moments in life to consider and never take to granted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent

klmlee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content, Mass/school shootings

lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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

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*I received a free copy of A Thousand Broken Pieces. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review which is honest and unbiased.*

Oh my gosh. This book was beautiful. Very, very sad at times, as the ocean of my tears can attest for, but still truly beautiful. I was in this book from the very first page (and yes, I was crying by page two) because the writing just brought me straight into the Litchfield family. Savannah just broke my heart in so many ways, because grief is hard!

I think Ms Cole has found a beautiful way to talk about grief, to talk about difficult subjects surrounding grief, and to let all those who read this book liberate some much needed tears. I know I needed to cry, and Savannah and Cael definitely helped me with that. I think it's important to have read A Thousand Boy Kisses before reading this one, because I think you need to know the Litchfield family as a whole before seeing how Savannah is doing, and also understanding why.

If you are not afraid to read a book that packs a punch, and you want to see how different people deal with their grief, I think A Thousand Broken Pieces is the book you should pick up. One of the things I love about reading about difficult subjects is that I can deal with my feelings in the safety of my own home.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

allieacereads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident

thatbookgirly's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

maddy707's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful sad 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: N/A

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This book was incredibly emotional. I teared up at like 95% of the chapters. This book explores grief in such a wide and hard hitting way. I loved learning about the different ways grief is viewed in different cultures. The main characters emotions come through so strongly and is easily the best part of the book. 

 

The only thing I had issue was how all-consumed the two main characters were with each other. I just personally don’t like that in romance because I feel like a bit of their personalities and journeys were lost and they both just didn’t exist outside of each other. But this is remedied by the end. 

 

I love how they handled Cael’s journey but they could’ve focused on Savannah more. Her journey felt sidelined at times to make room for Cael’s. 

 

You shouldn’t read this book looking for a romance. You should read this book for its amazing exploration of grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

karla205's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Car accident