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Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'
Kärlekens magiska regler by Alice Hoffman, Helena Dahlgren
39 reviews
haileyanne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: War
chezarose79's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
bsimro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
bookishfaye's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
1. The incest. There was literally no reason for it, & I know she had to include it because she had written it into Practical Magic already like almost 20 years previously, but hated that it was even there at all.
2. The lack of diversity. Hoffman tells such a profound generational story with these books & it would benefit so much more from being more diverse. Magic Lessons definitely had diversity, but this one was very bland on that front, apart from
3.
Someone give me a diverse & queer Practical Magic style generational saga right MF NOOOWWW
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Incest, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War
courtwj's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
Casual treatment of statutory rapedaralexandria's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
womanwill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and War
samgelbert's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
aislinn_mcd_harrison's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Questions to ask book club:
Is the curse real?
What do you think Alice Hoffman’s writing about youth and beauty and age?
Do you think Franny is consistent?
What do you think of how she portrayed real events like the Vietnam war and the stonewall riots?
Did you like the siblings? Who was your favourite?
This book is a prequel and the ending fairly unapologetically has nothing to do with the book you’ve read and is a preamble to practical magic - did it make you want to read the next one and why?
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War
saltycoffee's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Death of parent