Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

37 reviews

misssophiawilliams's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Violence, Ableism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and War

julia1579e's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

literally heart wrenching. i cant believe i didn't know about this disaster before i read this book.

alfred was beyond awful and an actual psychopath omg i'm glad he died

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

kalin_grace's review against another edition

challenging sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, War, Violence, and Vomit

sarahquang's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

lenaricharz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Vomit

marsisred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Made me sob 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Grief

ingrid21's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, War, and Antisemitism