Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

237 reviews

pia_altv's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

theprisonteacher's review

emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I still don’t know what a crawdad is, but this is a beautifully written book about life on the marsh, intertwined with the misery of prejudice and a murder mystery. Unusually for me, I saw the film before reading the book, and the end was a shock. It was still powerful a second time, in the book, and I will probably read it again just to enjoy the descriptions of the marsh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Car accident

Minor: Infertility

shyleek's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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? No

4.75

I sat on this for 24 hours before writing the review. I don't have a lot of triggers, I can process things like a healthy adult, however this did bring up a lot of stuff. So to write a fair review I had to give my head some space. 

Growing up with Kya was a beautiful and sad journey all at the same time. She was so strong and overcame everything thrown at her but you couldn't help but think that she shouldn't have those things thrown at her to begin with.

Honestly the ending wrecked me. Because while I fully expected it, I didn't want to believe it.

I wanted to hold on to Kyas innocence.

This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster. If you can handle the content, I strongly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

a_novi's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.5

This is a beautiful book. I have never seen the movie but I heard it was amazing so I head this book and I’m so glad. It’s interesting, emotional, and there’s a satisfying (but predictable in my case)twist at the end. If my mom was alive I would be sending her this book to read. She would have loved it.

That mf Chase Andrew’s deserved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

moobubu's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

im sweating so bad rn i can never move on from this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

oozeloot's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

4.25

The court hearing dragged a bit on

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

emsbibliotherapy's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment