Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

21 reviews

bookswithlauren's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

books4bee's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

libraryghost's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Racism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

maraihrcke's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

absolute_bookery's review

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

4.0

What a beautiful book - the writing is so poetic and heartfelt it blew me away. It touches on so many difficult topics but in an incredibly sensitive way, I was swept away and heartbroken all at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death

ebgat's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

Minor: Child death and Hate crime

mengzhenreads's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

The writing and prose is beautiful and all the different perspectives made this book truly thought-provoking and profound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Hate crime

sarahbuckley's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

I wasn’t sure how every story would tie together but the ending was so good and gut wrenching.

I didn’t think Iris could be redeemed, but by the end I really enjoyed her character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

repunzee's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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: Cancer, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Child death