Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

72 reviews

extraaardvark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

bookgirlieee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was such an interesting and gripping book! At times, it was confusing to go between time periods and characters but that became easier as time went on. 

The story is so emotional and touches on heavy themes in an authentic manner — including the heartbreaking experiences of some women. 

This was different to my usual read but so glad I read it!

The ending was fantastic. The build up left me with intrigue and I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

badmom's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Fascinating story idea - past & present timelines overlapping in mysterious ways, with elements of fantasy + magical realism, mixing in some literary history - but there are too many backstories and starkly traumatic side plots + disconnected characters that unfortunately muddle the focus. Multiple narrators are useful but their voices are almost interchangeable with simplistic voices and observations, so their personalities feel wooden & bland. Some of the timelines and perspective jumps are confusing and fall flat with the lack of accuracy and/or explanation. 
Overall the concept is promising but the execution felt pedestrian & disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: War

ariel_99's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

sunflower895's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Considering what a dud my last read was, this one could only be given a full five stars. I normally dislike parallel timelines telling two stories back and forth. This time, it felt less linear and more circular. I was yelling angered, saddened, shocked, elated, hopeful, satisfied, curious, cheerful, and so many other feelings all throughout the book. There are so open questions, but the book felt so good to finish that none of those questions actually need answers for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sjurkiewicz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

alanahcw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Magical ❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

sequoyab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book. The only complaint is that it ended too abruptly. I really enjoyed the women’s stories and felt that (despite the obvious fantasy parts) that they were quite truthful to real life stories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting