Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

12 reviews

jstar1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Emotional abuse

dichap's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Child abuse

iaraya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Slavery

luabinha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Bullying, Miscarriage, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Child abuse, Slavery, and Emotional abuse

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book hits different, after going through a time of struggling myself. I read this when I was little and so admired Sara, but now I relate to her as well, and the book is much more meaningful to me because of that. 
Very well-written and interesting. In my opinion, it earns every emotional beat. I love Sara’s determination to be a good and noble person, it always inspires me to try a little harder and complain a little less, no matter what I go through. I don’t think this book is for everyone, but it’s a very good book, and it’s very meaningful to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse

tabear's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, and Grief

bexi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Okay, I watch/listen to *a lot* of BookTube content and everyone who recommends this book NEVER mentions the fact that

there's a character who basically spies on the MC night after night, and then proceeds to sneak (break) into her room one night and completely redecorate it.

Look I know it was completely innocent and was supposed to be sweet and magical, but that's wild and creepy AF if you really think about it. Like why does nobody mention it when talking about this book? 😂😂😂

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Racism, Classism, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry, Blood, Colonisation, and Slavery

lapetite's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.0

It's complicated for me to rate this one. The obvious racism, classism, fat-shaming was jarring. It's also different than the much-beloved (by me at least) 1995 movie.

Ram Dass has very little agency, Captain Crewe is very much dead and there is a new character that becomes Sara's guardian by the end.

I did like Sara, though. I liked seeing her efforts to be kind and fair, even when her circumstances were dire and downright depressing. 

The narrator of the audiobook was just ok. Her voice for Miss Minchin was spot on, but everyone else sounded very similar at times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Racism, Grief, Fatphobia, and Death

ok7a's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness