Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Hamnet & Judith by Maggie O'Farrell

35 reviews

eddalyd's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

emerentina's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

abfreda184's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Bullying

savyelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

schorlett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Death, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion and Abandonment

ambermariebee's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

jsingh's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

O'Farrell is a good writer. Her metaphors range from good to great. I appreciated this book for the most part. I think O'Farrell has a lot of potential and room to grow. I believe this book could have added suspense and intrigue by playing with the order of its scenes and minimizing the number of perspectives shown; it felt like too many. I think a focus on Agnes, Judith, and Hamnet would have been sufficient. Also, while I believe the book dragged its feet at times, the ending blew me away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

lauraportalupi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Animal death

lauriej's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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? No

3.0

The language is beautiful and tells a tale of motherhood and love of your children I enjoyed how it centred around Shakespeare’s family, not just him. I can see why people love this book, however it just wasn’t for me. It was too a slow pace and I kept waiting for more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

abisnail564's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence