Reviews tagging 'Death'

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

58 reviews

sassyshark's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

cinnamonandchaos's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Blood and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elaisanitalian's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

pdonovan's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Sexual content

fjerda's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

‘We used to think she would turn up one day and say it had all been a test.’ Porter knows grief intimately and was able to make my chest feel heavy with a talented ease. The book is bitter and the book is hopeful. A rewarding read. 

I would recommend annotating as you read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

itskathamilton's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I really felt this book. It’s soaked in grief and emotion. Amazingly done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

quinn_07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

_rowan_'s review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, and Violence

befrazzledenby's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

It's been three months, and I'm still thinking about this book. I'll probably write something longer about it once I reread it, but for now, this will do.

This was such a unique and personal and vulnerable and heartbreaking exploration of death and grief and the way grief just avoids any kind of linear, sensical process. I loved the crow metaphor, but I think I need to reread (fine by me) to soak up the rest of it now that I know what's going on plot-wise. It was a little jolting and hard to follow in the beginning, but by the end, I wasn't ready for it to end (though it was such a natural, gentle ending, as books about death and grief should be). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

sxndaze's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

It’s mesmerizing to read. The cadence is melodic in a sense and while the prose is confusing and dark, it represents grief in that way. It’s complicated and simple and a lot and not all at once. An interesting read to say the least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence