Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

8 reviews

libraryaddict's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

Honestly, at first it was hard to get into this book. It was hard to look past the over-the-top loftiness of the writing. If you feel the same, I encourage you to continue  reading—you’ll see why. This was an emotional and beautiful book, and I’m glad I gave it a chance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

shibaunited's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

internationalreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m so mad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Classism

A lot of use of the R word

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, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief

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, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

annafj's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Grief

orlagal's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

nathandre's review against another edition

Siento que es un libro bueno pero  toca un tema sensible para mi y todavia no estoy en un espacio mental en el que lo pueda abordar con facildad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief