Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

9 reviews

sydneylmeyer7's review

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

tattymouse's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

I LOVED this book. I would never read historical fiction on my own, but I heard the author speak about the real person this story was inspired by, and knew I had to read it. 

From the first sentence, I was hooked. Learning about Martha Ballard's role in eighteenth century society and the ins and outs of her town had me enthralled. I would read literally anything else written by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

silverhill's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Incest, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

celery's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jazzsonnet's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest, Abortion, and Alcohol

kimveach's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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

This year is getting off to a great start, as this is another five-star read!  This book had so many intriguing elements of life in 1790s Maine.  The story of the midwife, her family, her community, the early justice system, and the murder mystery that opens the book makes for a compelling book— I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

kerrygetsliterary's review

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katelynprice's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I adored this book and didn't want it to end. While it's very plot-driven, I think it's equally character-driven. Martha Ballard is such a strong main character, and I could follow her story forever. I loved the setting and atmosphere of this book, the strong feminist vibes, and the mystery. There were beautiful sprinkled-in details of love, middle marriage, parenting, social justice, and caring for animals. Martha is a strong woman who is passionate about what she sees as right and wrong, but I did not come away feeling like I was being preached at. It felt like a really lovely character study and hit all the right notes for me. I think this is going to make it on my list of forever favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, and War

mamajeter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Great read. I look forward to reading other books by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War