Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Good People by Hannah Kent

5 reviews

sarahjpoppy's review

The Good People is intense, powerful and moving. Once again, Kent carefully describes a time and place that is fraught with danger. Here blame, grief, ignorance and superstition all bind together and hover around the heads and hearts of a wretched community, living in cold, dank and joyless hovels and barely surviving. As I was pulled inexorably towards the inevitable, outcomes, I became increasingly world weary and uncomfortable. Hannah Kent’s writing is as lovely as ever, but is so very evocative that I became quite distressed and finally found myself  unwilling to pick it up again. I hope to return to this brilliant but awful story when I’m feeling more robust.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

plume_de_renarde's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

hannahnott's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Ableism and Grief

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Death/murder due to harmful superstitious/folk beliefs, malicious gossip, one scene featuring public urination due to severe stress, one traumatic, graphic birth scene where the baby is stillborn

alonadadonut's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse