Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

53 reviews

ghostycell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

sugarlife's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Death, and Vomit

thecrankyginger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Ableism, and Mental illness

siobhanward's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Like with <i> The Push </i> I got to the end of this book and couldn't help but feel like I missed something. People were RAVING about this book everywhere I turned and yet when I read it I found it fine at best. I've read better family dramas and better suburban dramas. This one just seemed to drag and go in circles. No one was a nice person other than the kids and truly I didn't care what happened to any of the adults, which made the book feel like a bit of a slog. The idea of the book was cool and the build up was interesting, but so much happened that just didn't need to be part of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Infidelity

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Child death, Sexual content, and Infidelity

kewaligora's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse

one of the main characters is experiencing infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. Second trimester loss is described in great detail. The experience has a significant negative impact on her life and marriage which is also explored.

onion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood

estraat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Child death, Child abuse, and Death

smcompton13's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Bullying

amandaviljanen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Infertility and Infidelity

Minor: Death and Child death