Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz

7 reviews

elsebeok's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

bookmaven17's review

emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.75

When a man contacts Laura claiming to be her long lost brother, she travels to Bangkok to discover if it is really him and ends up with more questions than answers.  Alternating between the past (Bangkok 1972) and present day (Washington D.C. 2019), O'Halloran Schwartz shows us the affects of loss, betrayal, and long-held secrets across oceans and generations.  

I love a dual-timeline story but if felt like the author held back a bit too much to reveal at the end.  It felt as though too much was being tied-up at the end and also included some unnecessary detail about the man's time apart from the family. For me, the beekeeping storyline included too much detail to be relevant in the end.  I enjoyed that we had as much character development of the servants in Bangkok as we did for the family members.  Overall, an engaging story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Grief and Abortion

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Torture, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and War

laurenipsum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and War

maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Minor: Miscarriage

cblunier's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

Disturbing, depressing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

glitteringeyes418's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use