Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

23 reviews

hagen69's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Deeply emotional and thought-provoking. Pretty on-the-nose with little space for ambiguity. No thinking of your own required.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

notsogabbygabby's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racism, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rani's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Deportation

rei_reads's review

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, and Car accident

achubb's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lilcubana31's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Child death and Trafficking

kathyovalle01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

elyssam's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

A good but harrowing read. The ending felt a little rushed but was solid. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Xenophobia, War, and Deportation

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

4.0

I read this book in Spanish and found it to be a page turner at the same time as it feeling tedious in parts. 

I think the issue could be that somewhere between 60 and 80 percent it feels very drawn out, followed by a hastier end.

It feels a little odd to draw parallels between the holocaust and the situation at the Mexican border, but this may be because I'm Austrian and pretty traumatized by what happened in my country of birth (I have lived in North America for decades now.). The way these two stories met at the end just didn't seem important enough to base a whole book on its premise.

Overall, the book is very engaging, and I'd recommend it - I enjoyed the character driven approach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, and Alcohol

rachel_from_avid_bookshop's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende is a dual-timeline historical fiction centering around the impact immigration has on two children, one from Vienna in 1938 and the other from El Salvador who is in detention in Arizona in 2019. While the circumstances of young Samuel Adler leaving his mother on the Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England is vastly different than young Anita and her mother entering the United States to escape an abusive man in their native El Salvador, the emotional impact and trauma of being separated from your family at a young age is universal. How Samuel and Anita's lives become connected is a beautiful story of grace and hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent