Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman

9 reviews

lmw_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

biblioghoul's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Body shaming

rcsreads's review

dark slow-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

0.25

"The truth of a life is the fiction that sustains it."
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 At a mere 211 pages this somehow managed to feel like the longest book ever written. It was so incredibly repetitive and I was sick to death of hearing how rich daddy was! The characters despite being based on real people were incredibly one dimensional and impossible to care about. By the end I was skimming just to get it over with, if it had been any longer it would have been a DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

_chonklord_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Addiction, Eating disorder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

christinec's review

dark sad

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

callmeamelia's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Abortion, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Rape

abbie_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Suicide

emilyacres's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Rape, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Biphobia, Incest, Suicide, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

stephaniejaykay's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This novel tells of growing up in the shadow of a larger-than-life woman who lived hard and struggled with mental illness: gripping, dense, beautifully written, beautifully translated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death