Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

36 reviews

chloe_acceber's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

This book will really tug at your heartstrings. It's family drama and incredible, heartbreaking family history. The characters are real and believable, the story heart wrenching. Couldn't put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content

fink1129's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child death, War, and Death of parent

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

alfait's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, Child death, and Death of parent

bookreviewmystic's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

I don't even know how to work out my feelings about Winter Garden. This book was dumped into my lap by Amazon when I signed up for KU. It was an audiobook & I needed something to listen to while waiting in the school pickup line. Honestly, I didn't even read the summary of the book, I just started playing it. So you can imagine my surprise when I was completely captivated by this harrowing retelling of the siege of Leningrad. 

This book will break your heart & tape it back together, just to turn around & completely obliterate it. Then after you become awestruck at the tremendous amount of strength & courage of these women, you will learn that you can take the pieces of your obliterated heart, mix it with some love from others, and form it into something new: a heart that holds love so strong that it stands the tests of time, trials, & tribulations because it holds close what matters most. Family: born & found. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

thatsssorachael's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

alyssacr95's review

dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Child death

rachelagurley's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

If you can get through the first half, the second half is so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Grief

darlab86's review

emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, War, Death of parent, and Grief

shyleek's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

My final book of the year (2023) and I could not put it down! 

The journey we go on with Meredith, Nina, and Anya is challenging and inspiring. Anya weaves a tale from her past that will leave you refusing to walk away. As her daughters learn that their childhood bedtime stories were more than just stories they see their mother in a new light and family and love take on new meanings. 

Strongly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Grief