Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah

32 reviews

spenny21's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

 This was fucking weird. It was a fine book. The beginning was a bit repetitive, the middle totally grabbed me and I was excited to read it, and then for me the end flopped. (Physical) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

whitap's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

katherinejayne's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I persevered with this as my sister gave me it to read, and I felt I should complete it.
It would have been so easy to put this down at the start as it wasn’t gripping me. I found the main character so frustrating, unlikeable and unrealistic. In fact a lot of the characterisation fell a bit flat for me. 
The plot didn’t massively intrigue me and the ending was so blah-

the bad guy ended up being the bad guy, surprise surprise!

I wouldn’t bother reading anything by the author again…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death

nisquah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

michaelion's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.0

Bored white soccer mom being a little too nosy. If you like constant repetition, mediocre writing, and a very slow almost glacial pace for 85% of the book and then the speed of a rocket launch at the end, you might like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Grief, and Murder

martha_07's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

vaesie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Characters were dull. Not the author's fault, but I found the main character's "I don't get what's happening with the youth these days" attitude to be annoying to read about. The mystery was drip-fed and then answered all at once. I didn't find any of it unexpected and found the twists to be more like roadblocks delaying me from getting to the end of the story.

Lewis was so unbearable from the beginning that I couldn't understand why anyone ever thought he was good?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

liferhi_inspired's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

I was really excited to read this one, the synopsis just sounded so intriguing. Unfortunately I ended up finding this story to be too slow and a bit boring. I almost DNFd this multiple times and only pushed through hoping that the big reveal would pay off.

I found that the protagonists crossed a lot of boundaries and was oddly obsessive. There were also whole storylines (and even an entire chapter) that went no where and had no use to the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

beccabarpel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A solid Hannah mystery. Is it supernatural? Is it sci-fi? Is it something else? It keeps you guessing. As ever, the villain in this story is super messed up. (One day I'd like to go back and compare the personality types of Hannah's antagonists.)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape