Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

733 reviews

gioiellino's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

raybudbury's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Another Maggie O’Farrell slay. Not entirely sure if I like this one or the marriage portrait better.

The way she writes the movement of people, disease, etc. Wild.

the way she writes is so lyrical but also straight forward and precise. I appreciate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Death

marlensophie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

vampires's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

i cried so hard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

kateped's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

lexcellent's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

stephintoadventure's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcoholism and Child abuse

fresh_tepid_snoozed's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved it! I had to read this book for a class, which may have been why it took forever for me to read. It's the first Maggie O'Farrell book I've read, and I really like the way she writes, so I hope to read more of her work.

I cried so many times reading this and the book sort of broke me-

I will definitely be reading this again someday. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Animal death

katie0528's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I picked this up as a big fan of Maggie O'Farrell's book The Marriage Portrait. I liked this one but preferred the other boom better. Despite being the titular character, Hamnet isn't really the main character. Instead, the story alternates between his parents' love stoy and his twin sister Judith falling ill with the plague.

After his death, it becomes an exploration of his mother's grief

and how the iconic Shakespearean play bearing his name may have come to pass. The book is fiction, purely speculative, but I feel like Shakespeare's family is often forgotten in history, so it was intruiging to read something from their perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

ksilvio's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic