Reviews tagging 'Death'

Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by

28 reviews

potassiumk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bookclubtrivia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Murder

bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, and Murder

yarm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A very interesting story based on history of a real village that voluntarily isolated itself to prevent the spread of the plague to other villages. Very  I pressed that even though this book was written before COVID pandemic, so many of the strategies used to prevent spread of the bacteria in 1665, were used to prevent spread of Coronavirus in early 2020s. Interesting also was that the mental health impact and social consequences similar. Has the human race changed much?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

minniepauline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

This is a fascinating exploration of how fear changes people and societies. It’s prescient, too. Written in 2001, it’s an apt book for our own times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

melissamalicious's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

upgirlcd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was so well written! I was transported back to 1666! And I love Anna as the narrator. The ending was very unusual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death and Violence

The content warnings do fit the book's main topic, which is a 17th century village dealing with plague

klarafehler's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

joypouros's review against another edition

dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This follows a village in 1666 who chose to quarantine themselves when the plague came to their village. It was an unusual choice and still 2/3 of their population died of plague.

It follows one woman who worked for the priest who convinced the town to quarantine. 

The town helps each other and turns on each other, murdering people they believe to be witches, stealing from the dying, selling false treatments, and more. 

Without access to outside resources and with their skilled individuals dwindling, they must learn new skills like midwifery to survive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic