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sunn_bleach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Now what? I'm just supposed to go on with my day? Crow would laugh at that but also agree - both in literal and in intent.
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Gore and Sexual content
pdonovan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Sexual content
wishbea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Cursing, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
sxndaze's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence
lief_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
bookleafcrow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual content
Minor: Violence and Vomit
darkefyres's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, and Animal death
Minor: Sexual content
short_circuit's review
- 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? N/A
3.75
'i miss her so much it is a vast golden prince, a concert hall, a thousand trees, a lake, nine thousand buses, a million cars, twenty million birds and more. the whole city is my missing her.'
i first found this book in a criminal minds fanfiction of all things. the title caught my attention, as did some of the quotes mentioned. i picked it up a few days later and finished it in a couple hours. it's a short read compared to most books, but that doesn't mean it's a bad book. quite the opposite.
grief is the thing with feathers is about a father and his two sons dealing with the loss of their mother. it's written from the perspective of the father, the sons, and grief itself, personified as a large black crow. crow acts as a demented nanny mcphee—it won't leave until the father and his sons no longer need it. it's written in an interesting way: an odd sort of prose, choppy sentences, euphemisms, that sort. i wasn't sure at first if i liked it. i'm still not sure. but there's something about grief is the thing that has stuck with me, even months later.
there's a part of the book where the father reminisces on the little things his wife will never do again. another part mentions him and his sons doing little things they knew used to annoy her, but it wasn't out of any malice. they just missed her and were expressing it, however unconsciously.
i miss him every day. i miss his box of dilly bars in the freezer, and his drawer of hard candies in his bedside table. i miss him picking me up from school when i was young. i miss his yodelled rendition of happy birthday. i miss his sunflowers in the backyard. i miss his big golf shirts. i miss hearing the squeak of his recliner as he settled in to watch the news after dinner. i miss watching him play solitaire on our ancient computer. i miss his smile. i miss his big booming laugh.
there are things in life that we don't realize we will miss until they're gone. this book does an excellent job at reminding us of this.
i don't regret buying this book, even if it didn't turn out to be written as i expected. i think this is a lovely read, and does well to show how grief can affect people both old and young. three point seven-five stars!
'and the boys shouted
I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU
and their voice was the life and song of their mother. unfinished. beautiful. everything.'
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Sexual content