Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans

2 reviews

boring_brielle's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm still quite confused by this book.

I enjoyed it, but I want to know more about this story. I mean, this is intentional (of course), the author want us to keep guessing... should we believe in demons or mental illness? Or is all the same thing? Or one thing leads to the other? I guess we'll never know...

I think this book has different interpretations for different readers: someone who has a very strong religious belief will see this book in a completely different way as someone who doesn't; someone who carries a baggage of mental illness will look at this book with different insights.

That is the magic of book, I guess, but this one is a bit different... don't ask me way, I don't know either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment