Reviews tagging 'Death'

Les Fantômes de LuLing by Amy Tan

7 reviews

olivia_russell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, War, Bullying, and Suicide

bdilley28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

Real rating is 3.5 if goodreads would allow for it. 

Honestly I thought I would like this book much more than I did. It's very me: a book that explores mother-daughter relationships and discusses family trauma and grief. I didn't dislike the book, but I found it a little confusing. Unless it is written well, I have a hard time following a book that doesn't have a linear timeline, and with the amount of characters in this book, it was not necessarily easy to follow. I liked the ending and thought it closed out the book really well. 

Overall not bad but not my favorite book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug use, War, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Dementia, and Grief

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful, sad, hopeful. 

I underlined so many lines and though I’ve never cried reading a book, this one has come closest.

I felt a bit intimidated when picking this up because it’s not my usual genre but I’m so glad I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Child death, and Rape

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Murder, and Medical content

walskishere's review against another edition

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

2.5

I'm fully aware this probably wasn't marketed toward me, but I still found this ultimately very slow and boring. There were a few areas of peaked plot story, but the valleys were SO low and long that it almost wasn't worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse

claudia_bow's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

gbaty's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I read this book for a book club. The theme was magic realism, and this is not that. 
But it is good- especially in the second half- of what it is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death