Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wintermädchen by Laurie Halse Anderson

68 reviews

supermaurryn's review against another edition

5.0

I bought this book in high-school but never read it. I knew it focused on eating disorders but wow was this intense, in the best way. It's incredibly written, and doesn't shy away from the true horrors of eating disorders. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, and Self harm

sunshineking4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

One of the only books to ever make me cry, masterful work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Minor: Animal death

girlnext_door's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

I hated the format of this book. Though a very raw and harsh story it was written in a “childish way”. It’s hard to explain but something about the format of this book annoyed me. The story overall was interesting and I enjoyed it overall. As I said earlier, this book is VERY raw and super detailed. So ig TW!!?! But again I don’t mind that, so that wasn’t a turn off for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, and Self harm

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Minor: Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

kyliewhip09's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

Incredible book. Main character really shows what having an eating disorder is like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

bella613's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, and Self harm

naomiwinograd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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

5.0

This was deep and emotionally draining. It was a reread for me this year but i understood the topics even more. Surprisingly, the reread hit just as hard as when I read it the first time, which is a first for me. I loved even though it was hard at times. I absolutely recommend, unless it’s triggering for you. keep in mind as you read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm

chloelyee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

lisa07xie's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is so good! But read the Trigger Warnings if you struggle with eating idk if you should read this I mean the ending I loved it yk it shows that you should get help and its kinda like therapy but the beginning I feel like it just gives tips what you should do to lose weight which was kinda triggering for me I cried so much while reading this book but I still loved it somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Eating disorder

ltinfigi13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood