Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

5 reviews

celery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, Toxic friendship, War, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Racial slurs, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Islamophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Self harm, Sexism, and Violence

aude's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Suicide, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs, Classism, and War

edwardian_girl_next_door's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Medical content

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Death and Death of parent

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book.  It is so much more than a romance.  I suggest that you read it as an ebook if you aren't fluent in French.  The translation had many French phrases which you need to comprehend in order to understand the conversations between the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content and War