Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Havva'nın Üç Kızı by Elif Shafak

14 reviews

kutreen's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Even though the first few chapters, with their rich description and seeming aimlessness, felt tedious (although learning about the personality of Istanbul was interesting), I soon found myself tearing through the book to connect the dots between Peri's past and present. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Islamophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

hanamany's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy

allyemmahaworth's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.5

This book is not one for those who like a tidy ending. It leaves room for thinking and consideration and left me feeling I wasn’t quite smart enough too grasp the depth of the discussion of God that it’s constructed around. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sarahec's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

tapina's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

lasunflower's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. The writing is really good - not too much description, but enough to create beautiful pictures. I really relate to Peri, both in terms of her childhood experience of religion and her confusion with religion  (though I grew up in a half Christian half non religious family rather than Muslim) as well as her timid/quiet nature. I think people who grew up surrounded by religion or who have doubted their faith would particularly enjoy this book.

I definitely need to read it again. I feel like I would be able to pick up even more from this book. I feel like there were almost too much to think about in one read!

I have read some reviews that were not keen on Peri's suicide attempt. I see why, but I think it is also not so much a  surprise than others have suggested. Whilst I did not see it coming, it does make sense. She had been haunted by her brother's death since the death, and she was never a particularly happy person.

I also enjoyed the tension of Azur created by Shafak. It leads you down to suspect him for sexual misconduct and power hunger, but it seems that at the end, even the reader had got the wrong end of the stick. An interesting thought when one considers Azur is hinted at being God, symbolising Peri's relationship with God

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt

vaniavela's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Peri, a woman with a stable, upper-class life, is over-jumped by an robbery. She is a caring mother, but once upon a time she was a student in Oxford, England. When an old Polaroid snapshot falls out of her expensive handbag during the mugging, all the memories of that time [and of two friendships long gone] come flooding back to her. 

This is a slow-paced book, full of rich and realistic descriptions, with which we embark on an exploration of faith, religion and finding our own path. 

Three Daughters of Eve is a very philosophical book. I found it interesting to soak in these new perspectives and to meet a character like Peri. 

Unfortunately, when I picked up this book, I got carried away with the idea that the friend group would be more important. The title of the book gave me the idea that this story would revolve around them, and their ups and downs, but more than that, we were given an introspection of Peri's life. I don't mention it as a complaint, I loved getting to know her story, but I was expecting more of her friends. 

I really recommend this book.


CW: Graphic [Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry]  Moderate [Suicide attempt, Torture, Child death]  Minor [Animal death, Rape]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death and Rape

aseel_reads's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

the book was hard to get into at the beginning, the writing style is a stylistic choice that i don't really enjoy (says one sentence for the plot, next paragraph is some side tangent fact and then goes back to the plot), but then i got used to it and i enjoyed the story. was super intrigued about the scandal mentioned in the blurb. so the middle part was great and then the ending... very underwhelming and not at all what i expected. i didn't like how it ended at all. the reader was given expectations and they were definitely not met. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

jnb2796's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Abortion, and Suicide attempt