Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

6 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

This was such a weird book. I was invested the whole time and wanted to know what happened and why everyone was such a freak. It is very open ended though and it is kind of depressing. I do not have bipolar disorder so I don’t know if the representation is good, but from what I know I think it was done fairly well. It was just so sad to me to see how the townspeople treated her. I also loved the asexuality representation in this. Overall I will probably never think of this again, but it was entertaining. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend because it’s just fine(even though I’m giving it a four). This was also sometimes told in a weird way which I didn’t understand. It was like a movie script for no reason for like 4 chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

fancyfroggie's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i had no idea where this book was going for most of it, but i found it really intriguing and i liked having a bipolar main character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Colonisation

valpal77's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Grief, and Self harm

bookcaptivated's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Grief, Ableism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Suicide, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement and Self harm

marlowemily's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death