Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Bonesetter's Daughter, by Amy Tan

5 reviews

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful, sad, hopeful. 

I underlined so many lines and though I’ve never cried reading a book, this one has come closest.

I felt a bit intimidated when picking this up because it’s not my usual genre but I’m so glad I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Child death, and Rape

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Murder, and Medical content

walskishere's review against another edition

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

2.5

I'm fully aware this probably wasn't marketed toward me, but I still found this ultimately very slow and boring. There were a few areas of peaked plot story, but the valleys were SO low and long that it almost wasn't worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse

claudia_bow's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

gbaty's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

I read this book for a book club. The theme was magic realism, and this is not that. 
But it is good- especially in the second half- of what it is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death