Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Still Life by Sarah Winman

3 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

daisydoolie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I really really adored this book, every now and then the sheer serendipity of the story lines and the way certain characters reacted to things felt...unrealistic and took me out of it a bit. But fundamentally, it’s a story isn’t it and not meant to be completely realistic. It was full of big love and hope and gorgeous character development and realistic lesbians!!!! Left me with a warm feeling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

3.0

I don't quite get why everyone loves this book so much.
The characters are really lovely and the storyline is sweet. The authors style of writing is interesting, because in a way ith feels like a still life (in a good way).
However, it felt like eating to much lemon cake ( In the beginning it tastes amazing, but after a while you are just not hungry anymore, but you still have to finish the cake and you are starting to feel sick. If you are a person that can eat endless amounts of lemon cake without feeling sick, I strongly recommend this book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Murder