Reviews tagging 'Child death'

El viento conoce mi nombre by Isabel Allende, Isabel Allende

12 reviews

notsogabbygabby's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Deportation, Pedophilia, Racism, Trafficking, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, and Child abuse

rani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Murder, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexual assault, Deportation, Child death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Genocide, and Car accident

rei_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Genocide

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident, Terminal illness, and Child death

achubb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation, Murder, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Genocide

Minor: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pedophilia

lilcubana31's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: Trafficking and Child death

kathyovalle01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, War, Murder, Genocide, Deportation, Child death, Violence, Misogyny, and Antisemitism

elyssam's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? No

4.25

A good but harrowing read. The ending felt a little rushed but was solid. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Child death, Xenophobia, and Deportation

flowerrunner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

I read this book in Spanish and found it to be a page turner at the same time as it feeling tedious in parts. 

I think the issue could be that somewhere between 60 and 80 percent it feels very drawn out, followed by a hastier end.

It feels a little odd to draw parallels between the holocaust and the situation at the Mexican border, but this may be because I'm Austrian and pretty traumatized by what happened in my country of birth (I have lived in North America for decades now.). The way these two stories met at the end just didn't seem important enough to base a whole book on its premise.

Overall, the book is very engaging, and I'd recommend it - I enjoyed the character driven approach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Child abuse, War, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Body horror, Deportation, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Fatphobia, Dementia, Excrement, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Body shaming

rachel_from_avid_bookshop's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

3.75

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende is a dual-timeline historical fiction centering around the impact immigration has on two children, one from Vienna in 1938 and the other from El Salvador who is in detention in Arizona in 2019. While the circumstances of young Samuel Adler leaving his mother on the Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England is vastly different than young Anita and her mother entering the United States to escape an abusive man in their native El Salvador, the emotional impact and trauma of being separated from your family at a young age is universal. How Samuel and Anita's lives become connected is a beautiful story of grace and hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

lyssylyssy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault