Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

85 reviews

heini's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

celey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Incredible. The writing positively shimmers. The emotional journeys are raw and real. A slight element of supernatural forces kept me guessing. I will be thinking about this book for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Many challenging topics and ideas are explored in this book. It is all done very thoughtfully.

natmorrall's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death

Minor: Sexual content

daniellekat's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

The writing was too much…too descriptive, too elaborate, too boring. I wished I enjoyed this more but it was a tough one to get through. The author is a talented writer but the power and emotion of the prose was lost for me because every sentence held so much detail. Overall the story was compelling and the author told it through an interesting lens but this was not for me. I can understand the draw and attention this has gotten but if lyrically written character books are not your thing, skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Birth/labour Plague

c_serpent's review

emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

This is a novel about grief and loss and absence. It is not about Hamnet so much as it is about his mother, Agnes.

It is beautiful. It is beautiful. It is beautiful.

Total score: 5/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

rosenau's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

telcontar's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

lesbosbookworm's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

bronzeageholly's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

tashtasher's review

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Sexism and Sexual content