Reviews tagging 'Death'

Madam by Phoebe Wynne

24 reviews

leafy_literature's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

I genuinely got so sucked in to this book. I thought each character seemed very realistic, and the writing was great; though there were definitely some words I could tell the author liked, lol. I didn't see coming what the premise of the school was, and I am so glad that was revealed in a timely enough manor where we could get some resolution - I feel like a lot if books I read lately are 300 pages of build up with 50 pages of plot/climax. I've already been recommending this book to friends. Great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Classism

ajay913's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Chronic illness, Vomit, Trafficking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

a1exander's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Body shaming, Abortion, and Death of parent

megelizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This book does subtle, slow-building creepiness really, really well. It's unsettling right from the start, but it takes a while for things to fall into place, and I didn't see the ending coming at all and felt like I'd been hit by a truck. There's a lot of really great commentary and I definitely think this book does a good job of highlighting the insidiousness of misogyny and specifically male power within elite institutions. I did feel at times that the points being made or the main character's reactions to things happening didn't quite go far enough, and the 'truth' behind the school didn't go in the direction I expected it to and that sort of spun me out a bit, but as I said, the ending hit me like a truck and I did feel as if overall this book was really well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Incest and Abortion

dollhousebooks's review

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Bullying and Fire/Fire injury

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

abbiemreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming and Abortion

voxelbee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, and Abortion

hmurff's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy