Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

27 reviews

laurs1285's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Bullying and Sexual assault

samkcs's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape

steepedpages's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful. This one is going to leave a book hangover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Sexism

kelsea's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Alcohol

samanthaleeshea's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

victoriarose12's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a very interesting take on time travel, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The first half was absolutely fantastic, and I really connected with the characters. I struggled with most of the second half, as I felt like the protagonist didn't match the version from part 1. But it was excellent again towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

kalaser's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

himpersonal's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

Time travel books generally make my head hurt, but I got through this one to the end without having any questions, although I admit the circular nature of time travel did get confusing at the very end. But because of that confusion, I’m now wondering a whole lot of new questions regarding the future rather than how-in-the-worlds, which are the normal questions I struggle with when confronted by this circuity. It wasn’t clever. It was even a little sad. But it was redemptive and satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Classism, and Deportation

michad's review

adventurous emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

A good book. The frenchisms take a little getting used to and the presence of cars feels so out of place and anachronistic. I was expecting more exploration of the mechanics and secrets of the world, the change in direction of the second half took me by surprise. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Excrement, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail