Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin

33 reviews

elizabethgreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

A tough story to read filled with grief, yet ends in a very hopeful tone.  The story focuses on an immigrant families experience in immigrating from Vietnam to the UK.  It shows the heartache and the triumphs.  The ending chapter was absolutely wonderful.  I loved the look at intergenerational trauma and the healing the family experienced. The sentiments how why stories are important made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Child death, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Rape

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racial slurs, Child death, Hate crime, Racism, Death of parent, and War

internationalreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, and Slavery

phoevincent's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Grief, and Racism

Minor: War and Rape

snapshotsofabookishlass's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Death, Rape, Death of parent, Child death, Trafficking, and War

jlswitchblades's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The journey Anh and her brothers go on is such a devastating and beautiful rollercoaster. Being an American, it was very interesting to read about a fictionalized version of how refugees were treated in another English speaking country. Fuck Thatcher. (Though, the UK cover is what turned me on to this book in the first place.) The twist at the end was well done. What a treasure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

emilily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

sarahsthoughtsonbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I think I spent a good portion of the book not understanding it. Not sure where all the narrative parts were going and how things went together. However soon the interstitials tied together, and helped shift my perspective.

There's so much trauma to deal with, but there's also a bit of joy. Being lost, and wondering if the correct decisions were made. Possibly being mad at fate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Genocide, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Racial slurs, War, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Pandemic/Epidemic

cerilouisereads's review

emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Racism, War, Racial slurs, and Rape