Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

13 reviews

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

jmdressel's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

a beautiful montage of vignettes depicting interactions and inner thoughts of grandma and granddaughter. cozy, sweet, silly at times, really a comfort book! loved the illustrations too! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Dementia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, and Death of parent

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Vomit

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Lovely collection of short, slice of life stories. I felt very at peace reading them, albeit a little melancholy.
This is my second read of this after some years. Will definitely be reading again in the future as I feel you get something different out of it everytime.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Grief, and Death of parent

drj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a delight to read. The writing and the translation are beautiful. The trivial to-and-fro of island life, and in particular the relationship between a young girl and her grandmother, becomes a whole world for the reader and the inhabitants to explore. A wonderful space is created on many levels. The space of the island, its surrounding islands, and the sea; the space between short pieces of dialogue; and, the space between each of the short episodes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

francesca89it's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

alsira98's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

marissab's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent