Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Molokaʻi by Alan Brennert

9 reviews

jkpheart21's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

laurenpat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-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

3.25

It was interesting but dense. Story was good but felt longer than it was. I cried like 10 times. Not an easy read, but tried to keep the tone as lighthearted/hopeful as it could have been.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Abortion

nbaker83's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. I never learned much about Hawaiian history or leprosy, so I found the subject matter fascinating. Rachel’s story was simultaneously gut-wrenching and heart warming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, and Homophobia

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

paper_tea_honey's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

feathers4bookmarks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-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

3.0

I loved learning about the Island, as well as the history and complicated trajectory of the leprosy colony and it’s inhabitants. It was painfully sad at parts and had me in tears despite myself. Overall it got a little slow for me in the third quarter or so when it felt like the story had been told abs was feeling a little repetitive and drawn out. I appreciated the authors real life facts and journals he based the characters off of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gore and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia

dani_007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

3am_bookthoughts's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail