Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

9 reviews

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

aileron's review

mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

celery's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

silkeisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest and Lesbophobia

kellysavagebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, and Outing

lilifane's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

First of all, I'm so glad I read this book now and not in summer. The setting and atmosphere were perfect for dark, cold winter days. I learned a lot about lakes and how they freeze and about ice and snow and creepy wintry weather phenomenons, and I looooved it! I also really liked the story. I'm a fan of plots consisting of two timelines, a present and a past one, with mysteries that are connected. However, everything about the plot was super predictable. I guessed every single reveal possible far in advance. Most of the time I thought it was more dramatic this way because you saw things coming long before the characters did. Except of the reveal who the villain of the story was. Because this one was SO predictable that I didn't want to believe it and forced myself to find other explanations. Just to be disappointed because it really was the obvious one. At the same time I was furious with the protagonist who was so naive and clueless all the time. 

On the other hand, the details about what happened in the past broke my heart. Just thinking about how a few lies and misunderstandings and assumptions lead to so much death and drama and heartache. Uff. I wanted to cry during the whole ending. 

So this book was far from perfect, but I almost gave it 5 stars just because it made me feel so hard... and because the setting was so special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

miamcmillan's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

this was a bit insane due to the incest plot line and the plot in general tbh. a little bit repetitive and sometimes unintentionally funny, but also managed to keep things tense and atmospheric. thoroughly enjoyed for what it is !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

mediocre_omen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i guessed the whodunnit and im both proud and dissappointed ; i prefer being surprised by a twist but yea
this was sometimes a bit repetitive but overal very atmospheric and intruiging

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Incest, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Kidnapping