Reviews tagging 'Death'

L'élégance du hérisson by Muriel Barbery

28 reviews

revengesrose's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death

pipn_t's review against another edition

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

Really disappointing.  The whole

grief is sad actually

ending of the book was not at all as intelligent and meaningful as the author thinks it was.  And also didn’t like to see the R word in a book at all.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Grief

mxpringle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.5

This book made me cry so much and it was so inspiring. It's such a beautiful look into what it means to try to change the way your life was meant to be carried out and whether it is possible to change the destinies placed on us by class structures.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

quills4days's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, and Terminal illness

irenelpynn's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

catandherbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

I am heartbroken, not just because of the ending but because of the rest of the story. This book os one of the best I've ever read and I'll think about it (I hope) for the rest of my life. 

Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death and Terminal illness

larebe's review against another edition

2.0

There were a few engaging moments in this book, namely the later scenes with Paloma and Renee, and Renee and Prof Ozu, but it’s mostly just pretentious. Also, this was written in 2006 but the r- word slur was used multiple times, and it contained very infantilizing and degrading language about someone with Down Syndrome.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Death

camillarossi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Alcohol

ayamaro's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Cancer

gabgon2597's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Death, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse