Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

16 reviews

cilie's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

Frak McCourt narrates his own memoirer to perfection; He speaks a distinct Irish but does other dialects, like American and British, and he sings quite nicely when relevant. 

The story of McCourt's childhood in deep poverty is a heart breaking one, but also one full of love and kindness, hope and dreams. It reads like a novel with a narrative voice that develops slowly as Frank gets older. The characters spring of the page and come to life; some you hate, some you love and some break your heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Vomit

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Grief

veronicachp's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Child death

Moderate: Terminal illness

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

Too miserable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, and Racism

elegra's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism

charmingcapybara's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

aeurell's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

alannah_irwin's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

lauramcc7's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content and Child death

jrdns's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

3.5

Good book. Very sad but … what other book features long distance nut busting off the top of a castle? Never to be outdone in that sense. If I talk more about the sad parts of it I’ll cry, so I won’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism and Bullying