Reviews by Tag: inspirational

Teen Review
The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson

The Ugly Cry

By Danielle Henderson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Z. Ahmed
Jan 22, 2025

The Ugly Cry: A Memoir is a heartfelt, humorous nonfiction novel that revisits the author’s childhood. Raised by her fiercely independent grandmother in New York, Danielle has a life filled with unexpected challenges and hilarious lessons. The memoir dives into Danielle’s experiences growing up in a busy family environment, including her mother’s absence, struggles with racism as a Black girl in a white town and the resilience she had.

Teen Review
Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

By Mitch Albom
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Ken
Jul 3, 2023

Tuesdays with Morrie is the story about one man and one professor. Mitch Albom was once a student of Morrie Schwartz, a professor at Brandeis University in 1979. Mitch, 16 years later, reconnects with Morrie about life lessons. 

This was one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. I would recommend this book to people who need essential life advice from a wise soul!! I liked the parts that Morrie talked about being in love, and love is something that shouldn’t be rushed. It was very eye opening to me.

Teen Review
Catch the Light by Kate Sweeney

Catch the Light

By Kate Sweeney
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Nov 18, 2021

When Mary’s father passes away, she decides to move from California to New York, in hopes of starting fresh. She is faced with balancing her old life, friends, and grief, all while forming romance. Is Mary able to face her past? Read more to find out!

Teen Review
Where There's a Whisk by Sarah J. Schmitt

Where There's a Whisk

By Sarah J. Schmitt
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Nov 18, 2021

Peyton Sinclaire is a chef with big dreams stuck in a small town. When she gets the chance to participate in a reality tv cooking show, she jumps at the chance, hoping to pursue her dream. When she is at the set, she realizes it isn’t what she hoped it would be like, she wonders how far she is willing to go to make her dreams a reality.

Teen Review
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars

By John Green
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
May 11, 2021

John Green’s ​The Fault in Our Stars​ is a young adult romance novel based around the love story of two teenagers with cancer. Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old with stage IV thyroid cancer, is forced to attend a cancer support group where she meets Augustus Waters. The two quickly grow close and fall in love amid their final adventures.

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