Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah

32 reviews

maxcooper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

this is such a solid mystery! the pace was a bit slow at times, but the actual story itself was great. the characters were interesting and the mystery really kept me invested. i will be reading more from Hannah in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

mariekemarit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Verwarrend, gecompliceerd en zeker focus nodig, maar moeilijk weg te leggen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

samsmith_swc's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage

jessellisx's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Murder

yensidsunflower's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Rape

mickid_booksnbees's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, and Gaslighting

destinyf1988's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Rape

iffygeneia's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Alcohol

ruthdaniell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Repetitive. My lort, so repetitive. 

This could have been so much better. All of the building blocks were there to make this a phenomenal thriller - instead, it was 200 pages of useless dribble leading up to a less than climactic twist and a sub par ending. 

Zannah is a champ. We love Zannah. 
And Tilly. 

I went into this really hoping for some weird, Sci-fi esque story about clones and ended up with a pretty upsetting (and not in a good way) domestic abuse story. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy