Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland

4 reviews

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Confinement

emstryke's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

voidboi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Infertility, and Toxic friendship

lizinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Oh wow. This book really talks about the power of a woman's body, of her beauty, and how that power can trap her. There are a few times, especially toward the end, where it goes into "just tell the entire point/moral" territory and that feels a bit disappointing after such an amazing book. But the journey is incredible. I kept telling lots of other people to read it as I was reading it so I would have someone to discuss with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Death and Death of parent