Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Три ябълки паднаха от небето by Narine Abgaryan

12 reviews

cgreenstein's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-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? No

4.0

This book refers to Romani people with a racial slur and characterizes them stereotypically, just as a heads-up. It's not the focus of the book, but it does pop up for several short sections. I don't know enough about the cultural context of the book to judge to what extent this language and characterization is exoticization vs. racism vs. what modern Western readers would label a tone-deaf attempt to depict a minority group through the lens of the majority group that's then filtered through the prism of something that's set over the course of the late 1800s through to the 1960s or 70s.

This book has no plot, which is a bit of a hurdle when, like me, you read mainly for plot, but once I realized that this was a story about the stories of a slowly dying, isolated, traditional, rural Armenian village, then I was able to get on board to enjoy the vivid cast of characters in all their ordinary foibles, humorous idiosyncrasies, and mystical encounters. While the first 2/3 were veeeeery slow and disconnected, I enjoyed the last third of the book very much, and I wouldn't have if the first 2/3 hadn't laid the groundwork for caring about the characters and setting up the eventual understated-but-satisfying payoffs. (But seriously, the first 2/3 are slow.) If you read for language and to immerse yourself in a different time and place, this is a good book to pick up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism

ghilimei's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: War

darumachan's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.0

this book is quiet, but by no means gentle-- despite reading the reviews of it I was not prepared for the physical and social violence that was in store. I suppose the constantly neutral tone and broad scope created distance for the reader, as with a fairytale, but the residents of this village seemed very spiteful and ill-intentioned toward one another and reading it felt like being trapped in a beige nightmare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, War, Excrement, and Sexual violence

Racist descriptions of Romani; crude and ignorant descriptions of mental health

nicoleines's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

augdafrog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Child death

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Child death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

allapaz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

oh, my whole heart

i have never read a book that so deliberately and masterfully placed me in a space and time, and made me fall in love with the characters and the setting as much as this one. every little detail and every little meaningful reveal just blew me away, and i found myself trying to slow down my reading so I didn't have to leave Maran too soon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

196books's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Child death

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful, fable-esque novel
 which is both life affirming and a testament to story telling. Brimmed with love, grief, and eventual joy, Three Apples Fell from the sky gives us the power to face tomorrow full of optimism.
I would highly, highly recommend (after checking trigger warnings)!

*Reminds me a lot of One Hundred Years of Solitude (but less dark).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Child death, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ladymirtazapine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infertility, Medical content, War, and Grief