Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

14 reviews

mdxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: War

besidemyshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

hanreadin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcoholism, War, Ableism, Cursing, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

I liked the plot more than the writing. I found the beginning kind of drawn-out, and I had to stick with it for something to start happening. I also understand writing in a time period, but I feel like some sensitivity could have been used in the vocab to keep way from more racial and outdated terms. I think there's got to be a way to be "authentic," but to also be respectful of people's humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, Bullying, Grief, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, and Addiction

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

 It’s good. Well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I do have to say that the movie is better. The book however is really good and I was invested all the way. Chuck is my fav character, he’s so sweet and nice and I love his lil jokes. The ending was really nice after all of that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Racial slurs, War, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Vomit, Confinement, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm pretty impressed by how good this book was, even though I've seen the movie and knew the ending. 
It kept me interested from beginning to end, the pacing was actually perfect and surprised me a few times when it jumped unexpectedly. I got attached to the characters really quickly, the atmosphere was amazing. I loved the mystery and the clues. Knowing the ending, I could pay attention to the clues we get, and I think it's done brilliantly, giving you all you need but not making it too obvious. 
This would actually have been a 5 star, but the use of some slurs, especially the n-word, put me off a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

islajackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

I love the book so much 😭😭😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

elenatamsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Racism

valerie127's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

"maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Blood, and Emotional abuse

hatoooz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i understand why parts of this book had to be cut out so that the film wasn't a porno with a plot, good book though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: War