Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

14 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

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

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.

eshiltonn's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

cc0906's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Rape, Murder, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Child death, Torture, Terminal illness, Medical content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Gore, Abortion, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Death, Bullying, Confinement, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

smallredboy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

It's a beautifully written book; some parts were a bit of a lull and I didn't find myself liking them, mostly the sudden end to Dinah and Shelem's romance, but afterward the book took shape again and I found it really enjoyable. As much as I'm only woman-adjacent nowadays, the depictions of womanhood and mother-daughter relationships were really tender and I loved them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Miscarriage, Violence, Rape, Incest, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pedophilia

kaylamoran's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

I almost DNF's this but I'm so glad I didn't.  That ending... damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

lrosereed's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful piece of historical fiction! Diamant brings the world of Biblical women to life with such vibrancy and honesty. She doesn't shy away from hardship and the ugly details of life, but also celebrates the strength, knowledge, and accomplishments of Dinah and the women who form her sisterhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship