Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

15 reviews

flowerrunner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, War, Confinement, Deportation, Drug use, Gun violence, Trafficking, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Cursing, and Kidnapping

cmklaft's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, Violence, Death, War, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Blood

suneaters's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Extremely cool book. I loved the intertwining narratives and all the rusalka references. The folklore really enhanced the narrative. The chapters with Nina and her dad  reminded me a lot of Where the Crawdad Sings. 
My favorite was definitely the ex-Soviet pilot Nina Markova. I was really rooting for her relationship with Yelena Vetsina. Jordan McBride’s narrative was pretty good too, but I was most invested in Nina. Her and Ruth were adorable. Ruth is mainly a prop and I can see how that might be annoying since there aren’t any Jewish characters in this book about Nazi hunters post-Holocaust. 
Like, maybe Jordan or Nina could’ve been Jewish. It would’ve been nice. 
Ian Graham was a good character

Spoiler

and his brother Sebastian who died at the hands of a villain was so tragic. But also kind of annoying to have the only homosexual character die. Assuming Nina’s lover is also bisexual

. But I wasn’t very invested in Ian’s Moby Dick. Tony was more fun, but Ian’s motivations were just sort of lacking. But I get it since he drives the plot forward. 
I also wish the lesbian relationship was a bit more developed. 
The Huntress was a great villain.  Lorelai Vogt/Annalise was really compelling and viewing her through Jordan’s eyes humanizes Die Jägerin and creates an interesting juxtaposition on how Ian describes her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

KATE QUINN NEVER MISSES
This is my favourite of her novels so far. What a story! I don't usually pick up such long audiobooks but this was 100% worth it, I'm so glad my friend recommended it. I couldn't stop listening.. it's crazy to think about all the research that went into this novel. I loved the way the characters interact, how interconnected they are, and the sense of dread employed by Quinn to keep the readers on the edge of our seats. Truly, it was masterfully done. I will be reading more of her stuff!! Amazing work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, Violence, War, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Confinement, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

sarahflanders's review

dark hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Gore, Murder, Grief, War, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

inirac's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Suicide

plottwisttravels's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

kelseak96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Drug use, Grief, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexism

bookishandjoyceful's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to love this, but I am not sure this was the right book at the right time. I definitely enjoyed Kate Quinn’s other books more. This one I had a harder time following the different characters and their point of views and connections to each other. The audiobook narration was of good quality and did not effect the rating of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Cursing, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: War

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

I love Kate Quinn. She is an auto-buy author of mine whenever a new World War story is told. I don’t know that The Huntress needed so many perspectives or so much time jumping. But the story is fun. It is always exciting to read about history through the lens of feminism. I also appreciate Quinn’s acknowledgement of queer identities throughout history, it can’t be true unless everyone is included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Child death, Alcoholism, Cursing, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Racism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical content, Trafficking, Addiction, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Mass/school shootings