Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La bibliotecaria di New York by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

21 reviews

freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Antisemitism, Infidelity, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent and Death

carriewnettles's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: War

notsogabbygabby's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Antisemitism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Death of parent

lemontartpages's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Lesbophobia

tarabrynn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent

kcrockford's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Initially the pace felt very slow but picked up about halfway through, and I couldn't put it down. I didn't initially realize this book is based off of real people which adds an extra layer of intrigue for the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Grief, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Racism

karyan1's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: War, Abortion, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Classism

readbycarina's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Racism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Grief, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent and War

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

bookcasey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Bullying, Classism, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Outing