Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

9 reviews

madisonpearl's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infertility and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

moreta1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Death

connierose86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This has to be one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. I felt my own personal grief understood in these pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Alcohol

kulera's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Stalking

qtcarolyn's review against another edition

emotional relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I saw another review use the word “bittersweet” and I think it’s a perfect description of this book. Deep sadness and loneliness paired with mystical wonder and tenderness. The ending did feel rushed a bit to me and I have some lingering questions, though I know that’s also the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

sigynmoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

This book will truly stay with me. Beautiful, sweet, sad and haunting. Very much about love, which this book captured perfectly. The only thing keeping it from being a five is that I feel one element lacks clarity in a way that hurt the story just a little bit. Still, a beautiful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

chrisljm's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

bittersweet ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism

germaine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

atmospheric and beautiful, the wilderness becomes a character of its own. the writing is amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts