Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

65 reviews

naomi_k's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Vomit, and Murder

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

clarkg's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

The adjectives that come to mind when I reflect on this book are "intricate", "obsessive" and "labyrinthian". The story does not unfold, it unravels. The characters to do not so much develop as they rearticulate. If you approach this book with curiosity and a beginner's mind, the result is dazzling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, and Kidnapping

arminmasala's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

A intriguing mystery that doesn't pretend to be deeper than it is, nonetheless drawing in the reader. A great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

An enjoyable read. I wasn't surprised by any of the reveals, and I wasn't blown away by anything, but I enjoyed being along for the ride! It was an interesting premise, and an interesting setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Slavery, and Murder

lonelylooper's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Dementia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

naes's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Piranesi's house is an awe-inspiring thing. There are infinite rooms, thousands of amazing statues, oceans and violent tides. Piranesi shares the house with The Other but everything may not be as it seems.

The journalistic style of writing is exceptionally done with prose that is lovely and dreamlike. The premise seems wholly original and was like nothing I have read before. I wish this had been enough to for me to rate it higher.

The first 80-100 pages for me were totally stagnant. There seemed to be no real movement with either the plot or the characters. It was constant descriptions of statues, the rooms, fish and birds. It was a bit dull and I did consider adding it to my DNF pile. 

Once you get to part three, things start to get a bit more interesting with no major development until part five. It wasn’t quite enough to make me totally enthralled in the book however. I was mildly invested in what was going on but don't considered it a page turner that I couldn't put down. The ending seemed to happen too quickly as well. I did like that the ending has been left somewhat to interpretation of the reader though. That was a nice touch.

Overall I didn't hate the story, it was just far to slow with no real development in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death and Death

kiabia24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Death

spoiledmilk's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child death

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This was a pretty surprising read. I would say it starts with fantasy, then adds in some dark academia and towards the ends becomes a bit of a thriller. I did not expect that. It was also a quick read and well written. 

It gives you a lot to think about, which can be nice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship