Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald

3 reviews

agnesg's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

erint's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I found Fayne to be a beautiful story that handled the intersex identity of Charlotte/Charles in a satisfying and loving way. I loved the coincidences and familial ties (like Isadore being Maggie's son, and Mae turning up in the Refuge, restored to herself enough to recognize Charlie when they arrived -- it gave the novel a Dickensian feel that was perfect for the setting and style. It gives us a queer character who can sit on the same shelf as Oliver Twist and the like, and was a hopeful tale of queer possibility. It was deeply sad at times, but had beautiful shifts from the joyous nature of Charlie's schooling to the utter horror of their surgery and what Mae went through, to the bravery of Rosamund and Josey, to the love-filled ending, Fayne was made up of so many notes. The magic added another wonderful layer that never felt out of place.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

tamara_joy's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Alcohol