Reviews tagging 'War'

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

20 reviews

connortal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

Really great book, really challenges your sense of right an wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Infertility

Minor: Xenophobia

jollymama's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Death

hanngigi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

phantomgecko's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I wanted to shake everyone in this book for their bad decisions.

Just a heartbreaking situation even though the solution was apparent.

I cried a fair bit at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Confinement, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and War

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I listened to this on audiobook but I did try to start reading this years again and never got into it before it was due to the library. It was still challenging to get into, maybe because the beginning is pretty dry  and it takes a long time to start getting into actual dialogue and the real story. However it was such a unique subject and I really did enjoy the story once it got started and definitely shed some tears for this unconventional family.

I can’t decide if I like how it ended because obviously returning Lucy to her actual mother was the right thing to do but that poor little girl!! I sorta wish some sort of compromise could have been made but I suppose that’s not realistic. Damn them for even keeping her in the first place and putting me through this ugh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Cancer

I think you could consider the entire premise of this book is about kidnapping thought not exactly in a criminal way. Lots of description and grief over miscarriages and stillborn birth, some mention of war and death.

honeyenbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Infertility, Death, War, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Cancer, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Vomit

pollyhall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Miscarriage, War, Abandonment, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Classism

heidekrauthonig's review against another edition

It annoys me so much somehow

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

mladd28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, and Abandonment

Moderate: War and Death

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Infertility, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, War, Medical trauma, and Suicide