Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

6 reviews

echo7's review against another edition

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

frogcollecting's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

sinceraly's review

emotional 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? Yes

3.0

I thought the prose of the book was very well written and as a retelling of the Aeneid I suppose it did it's job, but I didn't pick this book up just to be a retelling of the Aeneid.

The book, for at least 50% of it's pages, just retells beat by beat it's specific part of the Aeneid. For a book named Lavinia I hoped it would have focused more on Lavinia herself - her thought patterns, her development, her feelings on things. And sometimes, especially towards the second half, it does. But so much of it revolves around the men in her life - her father, her husband, her son. I would have loved to learn more about Lavinia, what she wanted from herself, her life. 

I think, despite the prose being wonderful, this book's shortcoming comes from promising a story it doesn't really tell, and that's a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

featherinthewind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.5

Such an amazing book by an amazing author. I must admit that at first, I did have trouble getting through this book. It confused me, and had really tested my mind, but as I continued reading and started to understand the words on the page, it got much more interesting. The fight scenes, as told by a girl who knew nothing about fighting were very tedious and I often times wanted to give up, but I still got through them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

virdix14's review against another edition

inspiring reflective relaxing 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? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and War

Minor: Violence

malloryfitz's review against another edition

reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Grief