Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

7 reviews

destinyf1988's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Rape

iffygeneia's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Alcohol

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Repetitive. My lort, so repetitive. 

This could have been so much better. All of the building blocks were there to make this a phenomenal thriller - instead, it was 200 pages of useless dribble leading up to a less than climactic twist and a sub par ending. 

Zannah is a champ. We love Zannah. 
And Tilly. 

I went into this really hoping for some weird, Sci-fi esque story about clones and ended up with a pretty upsetting (and not in a good way) domestic abuse story. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

michaelion's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Bored white soccer mom being a little too nosy. If you like constant repetition, mediocre writing, and a very slow almost glacial pace for 85% of the book and then the speed of a rocket launch at the end, you might like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Grief, and Murder

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

2.5

Characters were dull. Not the author's fault, but I found the main character's "I don't get what's happening with the youth these days" attitude to be annoying to read about. The mystery was drip-fed and then answered all at once. I didn't find any of it unexpected and found the twists to be more like roadblocks delaying me from getting to the end of the story.

Lewis was so unbearable from the beginning that I couldn't understand why anyone ever thought he was good?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

auteaandtales's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture