Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

25 reviews

ssummar's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

hoodsicle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

The Snow Child is an intimate and intricately tale of grief, of belonging, and of the varying notions of family. Inspired by its namesake in the Russian fairytale, the novel seamlessly blends fantastical ideas with extremely human circumstance, all while providing the reader in-and-out with a close-up look at the Alaskan landscape and lifestyle. While it felt a little unevenly paced, especially at the back half of the book, the story certainly is gripping and inviting to any reader who gives Jack and Mabel a place in their heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death and Grief

juliej0715's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

This was a wonderful book. I was surprised by how much I loved it even more as it went on. Emotional, being in a new place, dealing with grief, the hope of magic and a new life. Overall it's wonderful. I don't have a great reason to not give it 5 stars, maybe because I don't want to shout it from the mountains that it should be required reading for everyone, but I really don't have any criticisms. It turns out to be quite a beautiful story in the end. The author does a wonderful job describing the Alaskan wilderness and the beauty of nature. You hope and wish for all these characters' happiness and peace. Magical and mysterious and overall a wonderful lovely joy.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

regnistegra's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

lyndann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent

willow_thewisp's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

alyssapusateri's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

goldenlake's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

matulla0411's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mijtje's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I don’t know why, but I expected this to be a cosy winter read. It is not. While reading I felt a sense of looming disaster, an always present uneasiness. It felt like the dark side of a fairytale if that makes sense. Probably not. Don’t worry, just read the book. 

I will get goosebumps next time it snows. A book I will be thinking about for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy