Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

21 reviews

erkane's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This was so interesting. It made me wish that the story had some hidden truths about Dinah’s history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, Blood, and Child death

clairephillips's review

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Incest

Minor: Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

aylabell's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a beautiful exploration of girlhood, womanhood, and sisterhood. To delve into the untold stories felt like being let in on a secret. I picked this up in a op shop for $2 because I liked the cover, and reading this book gave me more than I could have hoped. I laughed, I cried, I reflected on my own life while reading The Red Tent. If you want to find yourself intwined with the stories of women and the spanning of connection across time, this book will be perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child death, and Death

albyalbyalby's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The Red Tent is a beautiful read for anyone looking to be crushed but also uplifted. Despite not being a woman, I have learnt so much about womanhood from this book. Specifically,  I now have a deeper understanding of how their stories have been oppressed throughout history. 
I hope one day to feel the contentment she found.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Slavery, Infertility, Incest, Genocide, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

alana_reads98's review

emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

kathrun006's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book feels very slice of life. I like that because it's a culture very different from my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage

Minor: Xenophobia, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Stalking

thedreammachine's review

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

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Rape, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Incest

jennflattery's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Slavery, Child death, Ableism, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, and Suicide

bookellys's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

Despite having gone to Catholic school, I’m not religious and so am not familiar with the biblical tales of Jacob, his sons and his only daughter Dinah. My understanding is that in the bible there is a fleeting mention of Dinah and this book looks to build out her story.

Where the bible typically focuses on the story of men, The Red Tent gives life to Jacob’s wives and the world of women of the time, following Dinah from birth to death. Whilst I appreciate this is a work of fiction it is a great example of how the same events can be retold very differently depending on the perspective and narrator. 

This was an interesting and easy read with some very strong female characters. The writing evoked beautiful imagery and gave insight into the religious practices of the time, including the worship of many gods and goddesses, a close relationship to the earth and nature and a pagan background upon which Isreal was built.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder, and Child death

a_wild_wyatt's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape