Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

43 reviews

jneverland's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

annmierl's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

meowlson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Car accident

justaddwater's review

adventurous reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

lumatasia98's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

asienerbrown's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

samburkhouse's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

danajoy's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

itsbumley's review

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail