Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

58 reviews

maisieflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was so incredibly powerful! I really liked it. Very reflective of your our society still to this day, unfortunately. I liked the ambiguous ending. The whole story was significantly different than I expected, primary because I’ve been a few episodes of the action packed show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infidelity, Genocide, Suicide, Sexism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gun violence, Drug use, Death, Rape, Torture, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Racism, and Abortion

shakespeareantragedy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Listen... this book is monumental. This book is a pioneer. This book is important. But it just doesn't read very well. Although I adore Atwood's prose to the bottom of my heart, it can be intensely figurative in ways that actively obstruct the storytelling. Although I thought the premise was intensely engaging, the plot was so goddamned slow and un-engaging that it was easy to lose sight of the actual developing story. And most of all, although I think the themes are unfailingly relevant, it is fundamentally wrong to reframe the oppression of women of colour as a white narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

luz21's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is an advance book at first had a bit of a difficult time to read. After a while I got used to it. The concept is pretty intresting and quite frightening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, and Child death

jennylarue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, and Infertility

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Self harm, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Suicide, Miscarriage, Classism, Child death, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Murder, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Abortion, Antisemitism, Biphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Excrement, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, Trafficking, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Pedophilia

sunny_not's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Incredibly brutal and awful. It was emotionally draining to some extent since it was so heavy. Idk if I will read the second book since this was quite challenging. If the questions that are left in this are answered then I might read it. Overall not a good time dystopia of dystopias kind of vibe. Still very thought provoking and interesting, that's why I gave this a high rating however this is nowhere close to being a light read in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, War, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

kennie's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Infidelity, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: War

meganmsmart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infertility, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Murder, and Miscarriage

ivorynovature's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

There’s very interesting worldbuilding going on here and I especially liked the historian’s little speech at the end, I just ended up wishing the entire time that Moira was the main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Abortion, Infidelity, Torture, and War