Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

95 reviews

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Excrement, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Incest, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

rosalind's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Xenophobia, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Body horror, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

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

gabb_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Incest, Grief, Excrement, Death, and Antisemitism

kcorione's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Ik zou het boek aanraden als je graag erg veel details leest of perfecte omschrijvingen van mensen en persoonlijkheden, maar ik zou er ook bij vermelden dat er echt degoutante en misselijkmakende gebeurtenissen in staan. Not for the light hearted!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Grief, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts

whatadutchgirlreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Excrement, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Self harm, and Sexism

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Bullying, Vomit, Gore, Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

talin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Antisemitism

deliviful's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

Brilliantly written but absolutely horrible.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

arwenaardbeienstruik's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Grief, and Incest

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Body horror

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion