Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Judith und Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

37 reviews

enchantedelfie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

tinyjude's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Agnes' fierce love for her children and the portrayal of her grief were the absolute highlights of this novel. I loved how painful it was to read all those passages.

I also loved the moment in which she attends the representation of Hamlet and understands what her husband intended to do. It was a good callback to her words a hundred pages before, and what any parent would want to do for their child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, and Pregnancy

owlribbon's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death, and Grief

rosenau's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual content

nikmalikov's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

beautifully, heartbreakingly haunting (mental health out the window over that ending i fear).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pregnancy

revafisheye's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Moving, heart-rending, and lovingly written book about carework, marriage, loss, and grief in the time of the pestilence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Grief