Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

29 reviews

anne_reader's review

adventurous inspiring sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Chronic illness, War, and Pregnancy

bootsmom3's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Genocide, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Cursing, Violence, Gore, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

kailiyahknight's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Suicide, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcohol, War, Physical abuse, Blood, Torture, Rape, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gore, Death, Cursing, Child death, Alcoholism, and Abortion

l6zarras's review

adventurous emotional informative tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Death, Sexual violence, Child death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, Grief, and Alcohol

aqtbenz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Rape, Child death, and Pregnancy

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Abortion, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, War, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Grief, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

emjen16's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

I really struggled with this one. It is well written and well researched, but I had a hard time actually liking the book and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Torture, Pregnancy, Death, Gun violence, War, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Child death, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Rape

susannahnah's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Gun violence, War, Genocide, and Hate crime

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, War, Alcoholism, Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, and Pregnancy

makmo722's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A solid three and a half stars. Good book, and a really big leap for me into a new genre. I enjoyed the story, but found it hard to follow at times. I appreciate the author’s attention to historical detail. Also, I SO appreciated the author adding a bit to the end to really tie the whole story up nicely. 

I will note that it was far more challenging to read than I expected. War is dark and the effect is has is seen clearly on every page of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Antisemitism