Reviews tagging 'Child death'

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

362 reviews

annabelle6969's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

bugsybugs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.0

A strange series of vignettes that capture how it feels to live your life online, then a depiction of how it feels to have to step sideways into another reality when living in grief. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

jazzreads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

No One is Talking About This is a contemporary satire with an experimental style, and while Patricia Lockwood does a number of thing’s undoubtedly well, this book missed the mark for me. It was certainly thought provoking and achieved the feat of being both laugh out loud funny and tear jerkingly devastating, but the narrative fell flat for me. I give Lockwood points for trying something new, but the book felt much more like poetry than novel, and by that I mean the writing felt cryptic and pretentious. Glad I tried it, glad it’s out there, but didn’t love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, and Classism

hannahk978's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Rape

tarinimisra's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

annaofjesup's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, and Abortion

flavoredfaeman's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

ailerua's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, and Abortion

Minor: Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and War

libbyluvr's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

oh what a pleasure it is to laugh this much, then cry an equal amount 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy