Reviews

Pearl by Siân Hughes

laura_mcgovern's review

challenging reflective sad 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

rei_reads's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

username_1234_'s review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

nicolemildon'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ranchdubois's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

emmasreads's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-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

2.5

rsodhi's review

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

michelleklejmont's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

andreamariaanderson's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I was immersed in this book, reading through in a day, stopping to eat, sleep, exercise, and clear my mind. My every sense was woven into it: sight, sound, touch, taste, scent. Especially the scent. I have parallels in my life; when I was eight my alcoholic father died in a car accident. Hughs captured the depth of grief I felt and continue to feel for my parent: the confusion, the searching, the desperation. A part of my sadness healed when I read her resolution; I could see it foreshadowed retrospectively in the text. I wish the rest of my grief could be so wholesomely put to rest. 

lakesandpoets's review against another edition

4.75

uhm wow? i loved it. that last chapter destroyed me.