Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Der Namensvetter by Jhumpa Lahiri

26 reviews

emersonseyeball's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Deals a lot with internalized racism

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Given that I'm extremely late to THE NAMESAKE party, you probably don't need a real review from me. I'll just say that this is such a beautiful, tender, sprawling book that carries you along its currents. Following the Ganguli family through their joys and heartbreaks was such a wonderful experience, and - as with every time I've joined @idleutopia_reads' #DiversifyYourBacklist buddy read group - I've been so grateful to Karen for getting me to pick up such a lovely book. I would have gladly read hundreds more pages of this story, and I'm looking forward to reading Lahiri's other works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Deadnaming

debookgeek's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Transphobia

vaguelymaybe's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

words_and_coffee'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

kitaabon_ka_ghar's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Death of parent