Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

15 reviews

ambermariebee's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Domestic abuse

carriehaley89's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Suicide

ash_bees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

A single story told from two points in time about 100 years apart.  Very well written, I could feel the heart ache.

Not to distract from the rest of the story line, but so much of this is about the actions of a psychopath, the fall out from those actions, and the victims who are trying to heal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, Mental illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and War

whirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Murder, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child death

laurenvoice's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

The Lost Bookshop was a perfect mix of magic and real life.

The three stories of Opaline, Martha, and Henry intertwined beautifully, and the stories left you feeling hopeful. There was no question left unanswered; the last paragraph of The Lost Bookshop answered that most important question. Oh, I do not know how I will get over this book - it was just so wonderful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Confinement, Child death, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: War, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

eleanor029's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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? No

5.0

The book was very easy to read and I just flew through it. It had me hooked from the start. It has dark themes, but is incredibly magical and mysterious. I loved not being able to predict everything. The story really kept it interesting and tense. 
It is absolutely perfect for a cosy winter evening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Suicide, Gun violence, Vomit, Blood, Pregnancy, Child death, and Cancer

kaelizaco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Alcohol

ehnreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

started off strong had great expectations. Thought it was gonna be a lot more mystical, but ultimately felt that it dragged on for a little bit too long halfway through , losing all the mystique that I had in the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Alcoholism

treasuressecret's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death, and War

browsingthebooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

5.0

This book was magical, and whimsical, and emotional, and surprising. I highly recommend it, especially for book clubs!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and War

There is an apparent still birth which turns out to be false. The baby is actually ok!