Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

9 reviews

raesengele's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Xenophobia, War, and Cancer

Minor: Homophobia

The slur "gypsy" is used frequently throughout this book instead of Romani

goopmoth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Death, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

goodolnicole's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, War, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Islamophobia, Medical content, and Murder

kclark's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War

unboxedjack's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Death, War, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Medical content

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

very late at night so quick review: absolutely loved this book! i’m not too fond of the subject of war when reading, but I thoroughly enjoyed natalia’s journey to understanding her grandfather’s life. his past was beautifully written and I was very drawn to the magical characters - the deathless man, the tiger, and the tigers wife. also loved how some of it was written from the animals’ perspectives, it really transformed the storytelling (and I was very emotionally attached to the tiger and his wife!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, Medical content, and War

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The tiger's wife, if anything is an ambitious book. Did it hit the target? Almost. 
Obreht's prose is beautiful, she manages to draw you in, lull you with fairy tales, hypnotise you almost, while she discusses the greatest fear and mystery of all humans. Death. 
Sad, heartbreaking, unbelievably cruel at points, quite funny and sweet at others. A lovely book, with two faults. The last two pages shouldn't be there and it could have been a bit shorter. 
A worthy winner of the, then orange prize, now women's prize for fiction, if you ask me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, and Death

vicious's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Cancer

fionac326's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Violence