Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

206 reviews

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death

corganick's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death

chinacosteladavis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Death, Grief, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

applesodaperson's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I think that everyone who has read Song of Achilles should read this book too, because it just gives a whole other vibe of the events, and actually portrays the Greeks as more of the bad guys. It was very well written and also very emotional at time. The one thing that I didn’t like was that there was a bit of extremely unnecessary fatphobia in this book. It had nothing to do with anything and felt like the author just included for no reason. 
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicide

sofiawallgren's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

4.75

Such an amazing book. Truly.

Barker’s retelling of ‘The Iliad’ is the realest one you’ll find. We see the reality of war, of trauma, and we see that Achilles was never a hero. 

I was worried that this female-focused retelling would be good but unrealistic and feel far from the myth, but this was none of that. Would truly recommend to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

jasmineehare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

sillysmudge's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, War, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy and Child death

keppers_jax's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This was an interesting take on the Trojan war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, and Rape

lautlines's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense 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? No

3.0

I wanted less Achillies more Briesis/women…. since it’s called silence of the GIRLS but that’s just me. Still was interesting I just wanted less men but obviously with war men always gonna be there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Rape, Body horror, Murder, Death, Animal death, Blood, Slavery, and War

milliewhattt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Opened really strongly, but the just got almost too repetitive. The ending was brilliant though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, War, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Genocide, Suicide, Slavery, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Infidelity