Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

14 reviews

alixcallender's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Miscarriage

aliciae08's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-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? No

4.75

The writing/ Ann Goldstein’s translation was beautifully crafted.  The story follows a girl as she’s returned to a family she never knew existed from the only family she’s ever known for some unknown reason. 

She struggles with belonging and what it means to have/be a mother when both of hers have disappointed her. This follows this confused connection, while also showing points of hope in sisterhood. 

There is an uncomfortable moment of incestuous SA that was sure to get worse, however, the girl hasn’t quite understood the impact of what was happening to her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Incest

onethousandoddfrogs's review

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

sofireads8's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

strrygo's review

emotional sad medium-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

4.25

another vanity pick..idc..i love this cover ! whirlwind of emotions. can't fully understand why maybe it was that the chapters got longer and longer, so i felt like i was being allowed in more, somehow, the super distinct prose/voice that felt so much more personal? than i think i'm used to balancing simplicity and beauty, but i cared! so so much! almost like i was experiencing her anger and grief and joy(however brief) with her, so much so i couldn't put it down because i felt like my not reading to the end was holding her back from a resolution..parasocial reading.. 
book i would love to own and mark up bc some of these quotes r so completely stuck to my brain!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Incest

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Racism

theportalmaster's review

emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest

wabisabigio's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

xbernadette's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

bookish_wanderer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail