Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

5 reviews

provokamin's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

I generally liked the book, it was beautifully written and it was really interesting to see every generation of the family change. Though it did bother me that there is quite a lot of racist language and sexualisation of (especially young) women which isn't further addressed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual harassment

yakukiro's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

itsmelaurenc's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-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

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Deportation

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

b_caligari's review

adventurous dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Incest

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying and Car accident