Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

79 reviews

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

edilund's review

dark emotional funny reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

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

katyhargreads's review

dark funny reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

abbie_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A tiny audiobook with a big impact, this was my second Max Porter and he really does something special with his books! Didn’t love it as much as Lanny, but it was a beautiful and unique exploration of sudden grief. Despite its subject matter, there’s a similar playfulness with language as in Lanny, and Jot Davies does a brilliant job of bringing it to life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent