Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

5 reviews

themissyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Grief, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, and Sexual violence

Mr Hancock’s late wife died in childbirth and the baby was stillborn these are established in ch 1 and are important to the grief exploration.

imogenoakes's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Child death, Colonisation, and Death

trippalli's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The philosophical and dark tale about mermaids and coveting of wealth and things and fame and power social judgments and reconciliation All in all a good story but a bit slow for me.
Interesting moral dilemmas, fascination, society, prostitution, marriage, miscarriage. pregnancies, new baby, moving, new neighbors, social judgement, the magic of mermaids the fascination of the historic  Wunderkammer.. seeing and fighting for freedom in judgemental societies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Grief, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Abortion, Animal death, and Body horror

Prostitution

amberinbookland's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Infertility, Grief, Death, and Child death

jufira42's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Miscarriage, and Grief