Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

136 reviews

decie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexism

blakeandbooks's review

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, and Child death

Moderate: Sexism, Terminal illness, Murder, Miscarriage, Abortion, Racism, and Mass/school shootings

ecandrews0's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Classism, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

catarina_pego's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death and War

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

snailslowreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

While the novel was well plotted and the story had an ending that made sense for the narrative, I personally found it difficult to immerse myself in the story and in the characters. I have no problem with simplistic writing, but oftentimes Kamali's writing was too straightforward and left little room for the readers to form their own interpretations and observations. In particular, we learn little about the nuances of Roya and Bahman's personalities, and they can easily be summed up in one to two sentences. The story itself would work much better for something like a TV show with its jumping perspectives and dramatic events; I just didn't really like it as a novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Abortion

Minor: Child death and Grief

cielo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Classism, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Blood, Infertility, War, Death, Grief, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

desir_1's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Minor: War

kpeps's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

A beautiful story with incredible lessons and connections, but some of the miscommunication made me not want to finish at times.  All in all a good read, and I would absolutely reach for this author again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicide attempt, and Abortion

kmarie341's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Abortion, Mental illness, and Gun violence