Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

28 reviews

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

marija_m95's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Death, and Slavery

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

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

halfling_stories's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It was a complex, rambling read. The sheer amount of characters and names was slightly overwhelming, but I loved the narration and pacing. The writing was really good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

There's a fair amount of violence in this book. There are also many, many depictions of childbirth, stillbirth, and maternal mortality. Some are graphic/explicit, some are not.

aisabel's review

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

dahliaden's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Rape, and Physical abuse