Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

32 reviews

anna_rubin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Homophobia, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Pedophilia and Physical abuse

erickaonpaper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

my new favorite hyper-fixation. the kind of story that lingers in your heart long after tucking it away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

schlady's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A realistic portrayal of a year in the life of an imperfect family living through even less perfect circumstances. Very strong writing in the senses of family & place in New Mexico, also well narrated as an audiobook. The main characters were overall likable even after making difficult, frustrating, unlikable choices; I really felt for all of them as their stories twisted and turned and intertwined.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Child abuse, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Blood, Medical content, Alcoholism, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape, Classism, Racism, Abortion, Drug use, and Drug abuse

emzireads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

chelly_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Death

kld2128's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail

annahelle's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

this is such a solid book! really glad i read it. the author did an amazing job at expressing the characters’ thoughts, insecurities, flaws, behaviors, etc. she was really good at describing facial expressions and body language too. just a great job exploring the interior lives of this family. i really felt like i knew the characters and their thought processes. great character development. definitely a character > plot narrative, but the story was still entertaining and devastating and emotional too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Death of parent, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexism, and Self harm

Minor: Blood, Incest, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Car accident, and Child death

mimima's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

Somehow, when this crossed my path, the fact that it starts during Holy Week with the main character being crucified in a Good Friday procession caused me to put it on the "read during Lent" list.  
This was not an uplifting Lenten meditation.  However, instead I found a really well done family story about the aforementioned man, his 70-something widowed mother, his daughter who is both approaching her 16th birthday and the birth of her baby, his ex-wife, and other various and assorted people who he disappoints daily.  Told with humor and heart, it was a very heartwarming read, though not a faith-affirming one.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Addiction, and Alcohol

kitty03's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Car accident, Self harm, and Cancer

abbie_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Stunning, a new favourite for sure. A must read if you’re a fan of generational stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Terminal illness, Car accident, Cancer, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Lesbophobia, Rape, and Self harm