Reviews tagging 'Death'

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

25 reviews

maria_mccoy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment

lgray's review

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Death

hellokaley's review against another edition

funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

The premise of this was quite interesting but the execution was a little boring. It was less sci-fi than I expected, but overall a coming of age story with alien musings of human life and interactions. 

I was intrigued by Adina’s commentary on what it means to be human, but it wasn’t enough to hold my attention through the full story. 

The audio performance was good, but nothing particularly special. 

Overall, there were some nuggets of truth throughout and the premise is creative enough for me to think about for a while after finishing the book, but wouldn’t recommend this one to all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

deelistedbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

4.5

Adina is an alien having a human experience. She’s endearing and relatable. I was rooting for her to have a happy ending. The story perfectly encapsulates the otherness of being human on earth. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

savsim's review

challenging funny reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content and Acephobia/Arophobia

alsira98's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Minor: Ableism

opalmal's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

This book left me desiring more sci fi aspects since the realistic fiction aspects of it made it so so depressing. It was so beautifully written but It’s bleak and unforgiving. I feel worse off with my existentialism than when I started.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Death

cassondradubois's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death

alisonvh's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I don’t think I liked this book, but it’s very well written. I might just need to sit with it for a while, or maybe it just wasn’t for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, and Sexual harassment

imchelsi's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief