Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion

5 reviews

melissa_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

maregred's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Colonisation, Dementia, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, and Medical content

dustghosts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit

claudiagreen's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Infidelity

rollinginbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.75

A great coming-of-age story.  A mother makes a poor choice and you follow the impact on her children and their choices over the course of a summer. A great story of 5 siblings left to raise themselves and each other told from one siblings perspective.  The setting was very present and atmospheric.  I though the author wrote teenagers perspectives and motivations very well.  Two teenage girls' friendship also played a prominent role.  Even though this was somewhat slow moving, I could not put this book down.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault