Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Nuoto libero by Julie Otsuka

26 reviews

enlamont's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

flower_mail's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Ableism, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement and War

Minor: Child death

cactusmotif's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.5

½ - awful, unserious, thoughtless

★- mediocre, crude, incoherent

★½ - unrealized potential, underdeveloped, disappointing

★★- fine, coherent, technically proficient

★★½ - good, enjoyable, well-crafted

★★★ - great, favorable, thoughtful

★★★½ - profound, inventive, original

★★★★ - exceptional, genius, thought-provoking

★★★★½ - masterpiece

★★★★★- unparalleled, revelatory, revolutionary

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child death, and War

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

bon_xx's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child death

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Racism, War, and Xenophobia

peggymay's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Racism, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death

mollyb13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This is a very different book than I expected it to be. I would describe this as a fictional, non-technical study on dementia from many points of view - daughter, a dementia care home, the dementia patient herself. I think the multiple POVs really added to the story and the writing was beautiful. Really a tough subject though and hard to read if you've had loved ones suffering with memory loss.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death and Racism

jpitts's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

heatherjchin's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content, Death, Child death, and Mental illness

tindin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Dementia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, War, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, and Xenophobia