Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

4 reviews

winterpirate's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

This felt like a slog through most of it, then the end just kind of sneaks up on you. 

Instead of reincarnation as in Life After Life, the author chooses to jump around in the timeline to create a similar effect. Except it's super jarring sometimes, and can happen from one sentence to the next without warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Death

mye8503's review

dark funny sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

alomie's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

2.5

This follow up to a life after life is more of a companion novel than a true sequel. I liked the initial novel and thought it was good enough I should read the next one whilst I remembered it.

This was very middle of the road for me, I wasn't blown away, it has a less interesting premise and honestly for me felt a little all over the place. 

I don't really like books that are a big long series as I get bored of the same characters and also the second world war is hardly a lesser written about topic. 

Imo the first book is worth it, this just feels like a cash grab. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, War, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Dementia, Death of parent, Bullying, and Animal death

jowmy4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, and Xenophobia