Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

13 reviews

augie_'s review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Hate crime, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Grief

risemini's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Medical content, Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Cancer, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

readbycarina's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic friendship, Child death, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Classism, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness

esztertth's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

I loved Lila. I wanted her to last. But I wanted it to be I who made her last. I thought it was my task. I was convinced that she herself, as a girl, had assigned it to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse and Transphobia

radfordmanor's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ktkeps's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Classism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Child death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual content, Ableism, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Violence

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide

zezeki's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Terminal illness

libbyhb's review

emotional 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

5.0

THIS BOOK. Wow. Absolutely loved it, definitely lived up to my expectations for the finale of this series. I liked how messy everything was in this installment - Elena's romantic relationships, her relationship with Lila as neighbors, her mother, the Solaras, etc. Having Elena and Lila live together and intertwine their lives again was a perfect way to bring this full circle to the first book, and I loved that whole section. I don't know what else I can say, this series made such an impact on me and I'm so so glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Drug use

astridrc's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

This was my least favorite book out of the 4 but still, what a ride. Lila and Lenu will always stayed with me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexism, Grief, Kidnapping, Transphobia, and Violence