Reviews tagging 'Death'

Le Chardonneret by Donna Tartt

207 reviews

amyicable's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

syd91201's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is hard to get through; it’s very slow, but after finishing it I can recognize it as a great novel. It’s very long and it all comes together in the last 50 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

hgraham98's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

isabelcmay2005's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mialola's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

supermandireader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

ignore how long it took me to read this 😍 but, lord have mercy, donna tartt has yet to disappoint!!! though it did kinda slow down a little near the end, there was not a single moment throughout this book where she didn’t have me hooked. from start to finish, i had no clue where we were going but i enjoyed the ride! donna tartt’s writing style is unmatched. of course, i have to applaud her attention to detail; from furniture making to the fine arts, she made sure what she wrote was fact. and the way she makes characters feel so real and alive is insane! boris is probably my favorite of all the characters, along with theo’s mother. finishing this makes me want to reread a secret history T-T

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Murder

shellballenger's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

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

Type of read: Commuter Read.

What made me pick it up: One of the Tennessee R.E.A.D.s prompts for June is to read a book by or about an artist. 'The Goldfinch' has been on my TBR for a while and it was finally available at my local library and seemed to be the right time.

Overall rating: DNF @ 35%

Holy buckets, let's get this out of the way first, 'The Goldfinch' is a honker of a book. I'm talking lead weight, unnecessarily overpacked, TMI, engorged honker. I always get so torn with books like this because it's not my style. I'm not a slow-paced book girly. I wanted to get into the action, and having Tartt so dutifully explain every intricate detail had me almost DNFing nearly every five minutes. To be honest, I kept waiting for 'The Goldfinch' to get better, but it just didn't and I didn't feel like I wanted to keep slogging through the mundanity of Theo's life. I made it to 35% and we still hadn't made it over a year past the incident. To me, there was truly nothing brilliant or enthralling about 'The Goldfinch,' there was however boredom and wishes for Tartt to simply get to the point.

Reader's Note:  'The Goldfinch' includes themes of domestic terrorism, death, abandonment, drug and alcohol use - including use by minors, and child abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hannasifaka's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol