Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

42 reviews

natbaggett's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

This was not my favorite Kristin Hannah book that I've read, but it was a solid "pretty okay". I really loved the story of the 3 friends far more than I enjoyed the added narrative of the mom. I really did not like or empathize with her character until the last 30 pages. The way she was set up in the first half of the book just did not bode well for me to relate or make her choices after tragedy make sense. The end was also wrapped up incredibly quickly for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

crazybooklady91's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

cassidypamela's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident

kimb2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Have you ever arm chair quarterbacked while reading a book?  Have you ever been so angry and irritated by a character while reading?  I was both with this book.

Jude Farraday made me so angry.  She is the epitome of a helicopter parent.  She doesn’t see reality and doesn’t accept fault.

It’s a sign of a good writing when you are drawn in and get emotional when reading.  This is a powerful coming of age story mired with themes of grief, redemption and forgiveness.  It’s a story of how one decision, however right it felt at the time, can alter the course of life in unimaginable ways for the person and those around them.

My only issue is that this was a pretty predictable story.  But Kristin Hannah is an excellent storyteller nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

eramsey3's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

aylacommet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Abandonment

bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Minor: Addiction

tara_valeria's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Moderate: Abandonment

charmiecm's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I just read a Coleen Hoover book with the exact same plot

young girl wracked with guilt over an ACCIDENT goes to jail not knowing she’s pregnant, has the baby, gives it up, gets out and decides maybe it was a mistake.

It’s starting to feel like a trope. And why is it always a girl? Just…unimpressive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism