Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

25 reviews

yoursraine_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

The story talked about the childless old couple who lived in Alaska. It was slow but in a good way because they showed us their little life. 

the story is good. It talks about grieving, how they cope up with it, and their healing. However, I’m quite taken a back at Garrett’s part because I didn’t really expect that haha. Also, it’s so mysterious and I love how the questions were all answered at the last part.

Overall, it was a peaceful and quiet read for me. It made me want to also live in the woods, away from city and create my own little cabin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage

lauramcc7's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

willow_thewisp's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

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

matulla0411's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Infertility, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Grief

mijtje's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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? No

4.0

I don’t know why, but I expected this to be a cosy winter read. It is not. While reading I felt a sense of looming disaster, an always present uneasiness. It felt like the dark side of a fairytale if that makes sense. Probably not. Don’t worry, just read the book. 

I will get goosebumps next time it snows. A book I will be thinking about for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Infertility

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

issamay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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: Grief, Child death, Mental illness, and Infertility

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

hippiejo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

An unexpected Treasure.
Why is this book not talked about more?!?!
I honestly picked this book up as I'd had it my shelves a while and thought I could read it and donate it. This book is not going anywhere!
There is a raw and endearing melancholy to this book which took my breath away. I got completely immersed in the beauty of Alaska which the author did an incredible job of describing.
Jack and Mabel stole my hearts and my heart was in my mouth the whole time of reading, fearful that they would lose their snow child. This book captures the grief of infertility and stillbirth in all it's painful reality but skilfully manages to keep an air of hope.
This book carries a sadness within it's pages but somehow the sadness is still beautiful. It really is incredibly hard to articulate - you just need to read it!!
I honestly cannot recommend this book enough. Just beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Infertility

Minor: Child death