Reviews tagging 'War'

The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

42 reviews

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and War

sassylassie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It was fantastic. I think the only thing I had a problem with was Hazel kept stringing Barnaby along. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death and War

edhyndman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and War

Moderate: Gaslighting

kidnapping

ali_james's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Kidnapping and War

Moderate: Child death and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

kmetzing's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and War

lissareadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Alcoholism

tfischbach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? No

3.75

This is a book about following your intuition about the things you hold most dear. I loved the parallels between this book and Patti Callahan Henry's book Once Upon a Wardrobe. I  think I finished it because I liked Wardrobe so much. I kept waiting for that heart-felt story energy to emerge in this story. Unfortunately, I didn't feel it in this book as much. There is a lot of internal, emotional wrangling that felt a bit overly dramatic.  I did enjoy the discussions of rare books fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and War

Minor: Death of parent

This is not a graphic book at all, but there are themes that a sensitive reader may find concerning especially around the treatment of children.

bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death and War

Minor: Death of parent

kalagrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Sweet, sad, heartwarming, and hopeful. The ending was a bit too rom-com-neat-bow for my tastes, but the pacing was great and the story and characters were compelling. Cynthia Erivo’s narration was perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War