Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

8 reviews

sundayfever's review against another edition

informative reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Enjoyable read about two characters whose lives have so much similarity. Historical and informative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death and War

hazzardfreak02's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.75

I couldn't put this one down! The two narratives are flawlessly blended together. It's an emotionally moving story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

jenn_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

moody_gobling's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.5

Seemed a lot like misery open to me. I found a lot of things to be contrived and unrealistic. I am grateful that I read it before giving it as a gift to the person I had intended to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

shannonredwine8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

zhelana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this book was on track for a 5 star review until the last 50 pages and after THAT ending, it is lucky it doesn't get a 1 star review. Seriously, I am pissed off. I literally said as I turned a chapter "If Duchy dies on the next page I'm throwing this book out the window" because it was so obvious that was what was going to happen, and that is such a stupid cliche "here's pearl harbor, now the love of your life is going to die." Like, you could see it happening, and you knew what was going to happen, but there were only 40 pages left of the book, so you keep reading. And like it was such a pointless death and so cliche. The first 300 pages of this book were great, though, so if you don't mind a random pointless death at the end, go for it. But I am beyond annoyed with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death and Death

abbimarie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

morganperks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? No

4.0

good soup (partially set on an island 😏)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Classism