Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

218 reviews

elisabethshanahan's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

magibeth's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Blood, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Animal death

sas_lk's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I cried, it was beautiful. Will definitely read more from Maggie O'Farrell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

alltyedup's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Child death, and Infidelity

bookiemadi's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent and Infidelity

tashtasher's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexism and Sexual content

natgeographic's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

The writing is beautiful, the story is interesting, creative and sad. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Sexual content

majakrmer's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

steph_canread's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

the start was a little slow but the ending is so worth it!! part two made me cry. such a beautiful read and such a good way of exploring a woman’s life who mostly goes unknown.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

murphysmate's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Poetically written, with no sense of modernity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death