Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

7 reviews

afranke2016's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The book was great. The writing can be difficult to read at times. The plot wasn't my cup of tea but I see why people like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Death, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Rape, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Infidelity, Incest, Homophobia, Grief, and Child abuse

_rowan_'s review

challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Gore, Incest, Cancer, Rape, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Infidelity, Suicide, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

quirinebrouwer's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

alisonkolonick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

daretoread's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Bullying, Sexual violence, Death, and Infidelity

kthnlb's review

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Abandonment, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Blood

harleyburch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.0

How would they ever understand my life is more than cider? Complex than that. Fuller deeper richer. Irritation that. Something. Not as good as me in the back of my head.

When I read that this was an experimental novel, I didn't expect it to be quite so jarring. At first, I saw this as a negative; I felt as if the style was drawing me away from the characters rather than into their lives. It wasn't until the end of the novel that the grammar-less stream-of-consciousness style started to speak to me. It was this disjointed use of the language that put me at such unease. Strikingly, this book is bleak - very bleak. Our nameless narrator is subjected to terrible events that become relentless as she slowly but surely tugs us into her head. I had no idea how a book written like this without much plot could end but the ending - while still very bleak - was impressive and memorable. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone (definitely pay attention to the content warnings) but it was a challenged yet insightful experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Violence