Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

11 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Generally don’t love short stories, but I like most of them, especially the one with the three boys spending the summer together. Really liked all the perspectives each story told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death, Abandonment, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

marypr4's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

mlucier's review

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

caterina_1212's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Picked this based on the title, not clear what the theme is. Most were awkward and painful to read. 
Fav - the one where the young boy has college boys watch him for a summer
Hated - the 14-yr old babysitter getting assaulted, the gay man meeting up with his old roommate, single moms on vacation with their daughters, the entire story The Man At the Door.

"Women are at their best when they write about men." I thought it was strange how many stories only had men in it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Infidelity

takarakei's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

I am not a big short story reader as I typically like to spend a whole book getting to know characters. However Lily King is one of my favorite authors so I had to give these a try. I certainly enjoyed some stories more than others. I like King’s writing style as she has a great ability to paint a scene and conjure nostalgia. I personally liked the titular story the most.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Body horror and Abortion

I seriously recommend skipping the first story Creature if concerned about

graphic descriptions of SA. Hotel Seattle story also has SA/rape

eligru's review

mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

3.75

It was nice to read short stories again. They make for entaining short breaks in a busy week.

Although I did not like all 10 of them, I feel like many of the stories will stay with me for a long time. They share some running themes like writing, parenting and getting over a past relationship. My favorites were:

1) Five Tuesdays in Winter 
(about second love, fatherhood and bookshops)

2) Waiting for Charlie 
(about an old man looking back on life)

3) Timeline 
(about a writer, her brother and their neighbours)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Infidelity

adeliab's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, and Sexual content

sydapel's review

emotional relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

I adore Lily King's writing, especially her ability to capture a character's desires so intimately that you can't help but internalize them. And that's still so wonderfully present in this short story collection, but I felt somewhat jerked from character to character in a way that left me ultimately unsatisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

sjanke2's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

lucyduller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's a book with stories about love, all the kinds of love, ugly, beautiful and flawed. But gosh, it's so much more. I loved Hotel Seattle the most, I think it was the first one I read and realised the genius of Lily King. Some of them I was left feeling uncomfy and tense, although I think that was the point. 
The last story was another favourite, I didn't get it until the very end, I think because I was trying to rush it slightly. But wow, it left me feeling stunned. 
So many nuances, love at different ages, my first Lily King read but certainly not my last. 
Perfect to read in February, it provides some warmth in these cold months, but also embraces the dready bleakness of this time of year. So well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia