Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner

6 reviews

winecellarlibrary's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Kidnapping and War

sytaylor's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kvincent904's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War

lizisreadingagain's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

If you don't want reminders of the fear you had at the beginning of Covid or if you lost a loved one from  the virus, you might not want to read this. When Spanish Flu arrived the fears were very similar to what we experienced. By the way, this book was published in 2018 before we ever heard of Covid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness, Dementia, and Grief

The family lives at a funeral home, and they do the work of preparing bodies for burial. There are scenes in the embalming room and description of what happens there. They also talk about how to prepare the bodies for viewing. It's not graphic, but it might bother some people.

mdavis26's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Pandemic/Epidemic