Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

12 reviews

em_likes_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Infertility and Vomit

vonni's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you're like me and enjoy a pastoral, alpine, mystery book with luscious descriptions and haunting tones, this book is a must read. It's a bit slow to start, but the intrigue of the setting kept me engaged and I am so thankful that I stuck around for the whole novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Infertility, Animal death, Bullying, and Pregnancy

jennikreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

vigil's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Misogyny

kelsoups's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Thoroughly enjoyed the themes of motherhood and what it means to leave a place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: War, Infertility, Murder, and Vomit

cowboykid's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

immovabletype's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror and Pregnancy

Minor: War

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

No idea what the point of all that was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Bullying, Infertility, Medical content, and Child death

m_greenlaw's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

radtastical's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Grief, Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Stalking, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, and Bullying