Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

23 reviews

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Xenophobia

alehell's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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 get the point to tell the story of women during historical times where it was not recorded in mainstream history, i love hearing about that, but this one, it is just not my cup of tea, or may be it tried to cover too much ... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lexcellent's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kmoz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

crazybooklady91's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Maude seems autistic to me even though it isn't mentioned

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dreadspawn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Death of parent

marymason's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

i liked this, but v hard for it to compete w how much i loved the dictionary of lost words!! was nice seeing some of the dictionary’s characters make an appearance too 🥹

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hannah_the_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

aseel_reads's review

emotional funny 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

4.0

100% coding Maud as autistic, so many echolalia!! This was very sweet and very sad, but like the other book by this author, very much focusing on the intersection between gender and class, ignoring race completely 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Fire/Fire injury

jopopipo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicide