Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

40 reviews

kayleyb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

edusa777's review against another edition

dark fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

lifeofpabclo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Medical content, Cursing, Child death, Drug use, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Blood

aprilspeirs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

1.5

I did not like this book. I enjoyed it but I did not like it. 
It was a quick read(+.5) and I like that it used Scot’s (+.5 stars). It holds such a huge space in Scottish literature so I’m glad I read it (+1 star) but I would not recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Racial slurs

Minor: Racial slurs and Vomit

eleanorryd's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense 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

4.5

I hate how this book makes me feel but I love that it can make me feel so much? It's genius but terrible. I hate it but I love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Addiction, Violence, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, and Child death

jacquelinepon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Drug use, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

98romantic's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

A truly unique book. Like everyone talks about the movie and stuff, but the book (although definitely still very popular lol) isn’t spoken about enough comparatively for how special it is. Sort of difficult to get into because of the phonetics, but once you’re in there’s no getting out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Animal cruelty

noahee's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Sexual content, and Vomit

kirstybaxter's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Cancer

dumbmaddie's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, and Sexism