Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Perfect Nanny: A Novel by Leïla Slimani

24 reviews

mandi4886's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

headintheclouds_98's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

This read despite the rating I gave it was hard to put down. There was a considerable amount of xenophobia scattered throughout which at times took me a back as I was so deep in the writing which to me was atmospheric throughout and kept me hook, even though the outcome of what happened was presented to us on the first page from the get go. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

aprillynn's review against another edition

The first 3 pages were about the death of children and I'm just not mentally in the right place to read this ad I have 4 kids of my own and am coming up in the one year mark of losing my 5th to miscarriage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

rakizaka's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

ending felt rushed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Medical content

sabrina_the_alien's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

carissa230's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-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

2.75

 Louise is the dream nanny that Myriam has been looking for. Louise cares for the kids, the house, and is willing to travel as needed. What more could the parents want?

The book was not thrilling or mysterious, I would consider it more like a dark contemporary. The story starts with 2 dead children, you think that it will be a thriller or mystery, but what it ends up doing is telling the back story of how the dream fell apart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

fedelikeslego's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

È stato bello leggerlo, ma speravo in qualcosa di più nel finale. Un climax  per poi arrivare al niente. L’autrice si è basata su un fatto vero di cronaca però speravo in qualcosa di più che un libro che risultata essere esclusivamente di cronaca. Do 3 perché è comunque intrigante, forse sono state le varie recensioni che ho letto a definirlo con un genere sbagliato, perché appunto più che mistero e thriller risulta essere una cronaca. L’avessi letto con quell’idea l’avrei apprezzato di più.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

booksnlooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Cette lecture remonte maintenant à Fevrier et j'aurai certainement eu plus à écrire à ce moment là. Une écriture simple qui se met au service de ses personnages et qui ainsi se rend accessible ( important à souligner car le contraire aurait été bien ironique au vu du sujet ). Je me souviens que la lecture m'avait chamboulé, étant une jeune femme de 20 ans et montrant deux perspectives féminines peu glorieuses à mon goût et qui semblent refléter bon nombre de femmes de ma connaissance. Le livre dénonce sans tomber dans le message politique pur . Une lecture que j'estime fondamentale pour bien cerner ce que sont les dommages d'une culture et d'une société patriarcale. Qu'en est-t'il de la place des employés entrant dans le foyer domestique? A prolonger avec le visionnage du film brésilien Une seconde mère !!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Domestic abuse

naoewald's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Xenophobia and Pregnancy

jellie23's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Murder