Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

83 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Self harm, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death, Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual content, Medical content, Physical abuse, Grief, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

chelle22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Self harm

kylarenea_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, War, Cursing, Infidelity, Child death, Death, and Violence

komiification's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Medical content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Child death

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Mental illness, Bullying, Outing, Physical abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Gore, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Child death

luisamw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Dieses Buch war richtig richtig gut 😄 Bis sie bei Cheiron waren, war ich noch nicht so ganz überzeugt, aber ab dann wurde es mega und zum Schluss hin sogar noch richtig spannend 😄
Das Ende war aber echt traurig und es hätte vermieden werden können 😩😢
Ich muss allerdings sagen, dass der schöne Schreibstil von Madeline Miller in der deutschen Übersetzung leider oft nicht so gut rüberkommt, manchmal schon, aber oft leider nicht 🙁 
Aber trotzdem ein super Buch und ich werde es bestimmt nochmal lesen 😄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Animal death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Slavery, and Misogyny

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Rape and Death of parent

charlottx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. The writing was wonderful and what a magical way to tell this story. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Murder, Abandonment, Grief, Medical content, Pedophilia, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Child death, and Sexual content

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Plot: 3.5★
Prose: 4.5★
Pace: 3.75★
Concept/Execution: 3.75★/4★
Characters: 3★
Worldbuilding: 3.5★
Ending: 2.75★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Cursing, Vomit, Bullying, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

emolr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, War, Violence, and Slavery