Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

86 reviews

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

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

flohbeutel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

 Kurzfassung:
Unabhängige Frau trifft Mann, verliert Kopf bei dem Versuch, ihn glücklich zu machen, scheitert, verliert den Kopf noch mehr. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

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

kitausu's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? No

4.75

I am, as a rule, largely indifferent towards William Shakespeare and his work. Thankfully, this book isnt really about him at all. I absolutely  bawled my eyes out reading this book about a boy named Hamnet and the mother and sisters who loved him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, and Death

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

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

loserbook's review

emotional reflective medium-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? No

5.0

I was relatively nervous about starting this book; everyone had told me wonders about it and the idea that it would disappoint made me hesitant. However, it was not at all. This beautifully written novel on grief and motherhood has become one of my favorite books already. Its lyricism and sentimentalism style pulled me and prevented me from dropping the book at any point, always wanted to know how the current chapter would end just to continue another timeline's story in the next one... The alternating eras, that go from Hamnet's last days to his mother Agnes' younger years and the beginning of her marriage, creates an addictive loop that will make you want to see the mysterious characters' lives without missing a detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

lev0001's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

It's a nice read. High on the enjoyable scale, like the style. It's not quite finished though? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent

hngisreading's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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