Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly

17 reviews

janenx01's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

hwconductor's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Miscarriage

Moderate: Death of parent

lynnannwalsh's review against another edition

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

4.5

Very fast-paced, gripping story. Had a slightly corny turn at the end with people's names poetically being connected, but otherwise was a great historical dive into three generations of women

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, War, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexism and Injury/Injury detail

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Classism, and War

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

caribbeangirlreading's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

 TLGiE was the April pick for my IRL book club. The novel follows the stories of five different women, all with ties to the gardens at Highbury House. There are some romance story lines, but at its heart this is a story about women finding their purpose in life. Although at many times sad, it is also a comforting. 

 

LOVED 

• The full narrator cast! 

• A present-day timeline in which the pandemic did not exist.
 • Three timelines that were as interesting and strong as the next one. 

• All the descriptions of gardens, and gardening. 

• The focus on a part of WWII history that I knew nothing about - young women who were sent to the English countryside to work as “land girls” and the requisition of large estates to be used as hospitals and/or farming land. 

 
 My only complaint is that three timelines and five MCs meant that character development was not as strong as it could have been. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death of parent, and War

jaynovara's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War

kalin_grace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship and War

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

kayleyhyde's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

stephanierschell's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing slow-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

4.0

The setting of this book is so beautiful and I loved jumping through time periods to visit the three different women the book focuses on and their various struggles depending on their time in history. The writing was so descriptive I could picture myself in the gardens. I’ll remember this one for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death