Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman

3 reviews

reaingmom02's review

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Abandonment

dev921's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

navayiota's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book is going to haunt me. So well written and raw, and hard to read cause of all the horrible topics that are dealt with but without it scaring me off. Definitely watch out for the triggers for this one if you're thinking about reading it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol