Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

51 reviews

crabturtlebug's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy, Animal death, Gore, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Miscarriage and Child death

yoursraine_'s review

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

The story talked about the childless old couple who lived in Alaska. It was slow but in a good way because they showed us their little life. 

the story is good. It talks about grieving, how they cope up with it, and their healing. However, I’m quite taken a back at Garrett’s part because I didn’t really expect that haha. Also, it’s so mysterious and I love how the questions were all answered at the last part.

Overall, it was a peaceful and quiet read for me. It made me want to also live in the woods, away from city and create my own little cabin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage

lauramcc7's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

hobby1's review

Could not complete. Depressing beginning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Child death

tinysierra's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The Snow Child was easy to get into and kept my attention. It was very atmospheric.

I liked the fact that the neighbors were there to help them when they needed it most. The friendship aspect was so enjoyable!

The audiobook performance was good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Animal death, Infertility, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Stalking

lyndann's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

beereading90's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Überraschenderweise hat mich dieses Buch in seinen Bann gezogen und mich nicht mehr los gelassen.

Ruhig und gediegen beschreibt die Autorin das Leben des Ehepaares Jack und Mabel die 1920, nach dem Verlust ihres Neugeborenen, nach Alaska umsiedeln, um vor ihrer Vergangenheit zu fliehen und sich eine neue Existenz als Farmer aufzubauen.
Das Leben dort ist hart. Lange Winter, schlechte Infrastruktur, Einsamkeit, ständige Gefahr zu verhungern, zu erfrieren oder von Wildtieren gefressen zu werden.
Dies lässt einen die Autorin in allen Einzelheiten spüren, immer und immer wieder.
Aber nicht nur die äußeren Umstände bereiten dem Ehepaar Probleme, auch der Umgang mit ihren Gefühlen und Wünschen stellt ihre Ehe auf die Probe.
Als der erste Schnee fällt, fällt ebenso ihre Anspannung und in einem Moment kindlicher Freude bauen die Beiden ein Schneemädchen.
Am nächsten Tag ist das Schneemädchen fort, aber sie bemerken dafür eine kleine Gestalt,
die zwischen den Bäumen am Waldrand umherläuft....

Und schon sind wir mitten in der Geschichte. Es bleibt das ganze Buch über unklar, ob das Mädchen nun echt oder eine mystische Gestalt ist. So ist das nun mal mit dem magischen Realismus.
Vieles was man über dieses Mädchen erfährt ist Paradox und man muss sich einfach darauf einlassen, anstatt alles zu hinterfragen. Ist sie nun echt oder nicht?
Das hat mich in dieser Geschichte nicht gekümmert.

Es ist ein schön geschriebenes Märchen voll toller Natur und herzensguter Menschen die ich
alle lieb gewonnen habe.
Außerdem ist es eine Ode an die Landwirtschaft, so leidenschaftlich wie die Autorin davon erzählt, habe ich selbst Lust bekommen ein Erdbeerfeld anzulegen :-)

Tatsächlich habe ich nicht einen Funken zu meckern an dem Buch.
Für mich von vorne bis hinten eine Runde Sache. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

willow_thewisp's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

jaxene's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

As I picked this up during the Arctic portion of a reading around the world challenge, I was really glad of all the detailed descriptions of life and scenery in the Alaskan wilderness. This was definitely a slower-moving story and rather than feeling like I couldn't put it down, I found myself having to make the effort to pick it up each night. However, that doesn't detract from the story at all. It beautifully parallels the children's story it is based on while remaining at all times firmly grounded in its Alaskan setting. I could feel the cold, see the snow's beauty, know the gritty necessity of hunting and trapping, and felt both the joy and sorrow of the quiet loneliness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage