Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

58 reviews

kiikaridino's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

predro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

therobinjoyce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The Handmaid's tale is such a wonderfully dark and gritty, almost dystopian novel. Considering its publication over 3 decades ago, it is surprisingly easy to read and flows with such emotion.

The system of Gilead within the book is so brutal and cruel yet it highlighted the true capabilities of man. What man can do to one another, and just how dangerous and misogyny can be.

There are so many other reviewers who could word their feelings about this book with much more eloquence than I'm capable of, but if I had to leave this review with one closing thought I would tell you that this book will change your life. It will make you think and question and ponder so many different things and appreciate the lives and freedom we are able to live in this bustling modern era. How lucky we are and how we need to remember this fact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Child death

j_m_r_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I adored reading this book so much for my A-Level English! There were vast amounts of hidden themes and topics, alongside the very graphic obvious ones. Atwood somehow managed to write a book that is still relevant 36 years after it's first publication and still just as much food-for-thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Child death, and Confinement

While the themes of this book are heavy going, and I would recommend thinking twice about how empathetic and mentally stable you are before heading to Gilead, I do believe it is an important book to read for those who feel able

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Infertility, and Rape

Minor: Blood, Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Gun violence

bookworm_nic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Confinement, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

dsaiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

seuknitcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal death and Religious bigotry