Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

93 reviews

imiinbook's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse

ashleyw2021's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

feelingpeachygreen's review

sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Beautifully written. Thoughtful insight into grief. 

My only criticism was that the ending was a little bit bathetic imo. This is probably because I'm not super familiar with the play Hamlet though. I know the basic plot and struggled to see Hamlet character = Hamnet child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

remib's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

heini's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

tlaynejones's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

I’m tempted to take away a half point for the present tense third person pov, even with different timelines. This is not particularly audiobook friendly. But ultimately I did really enjoy this, interesting and moving story, so I will let that little difficulty go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Sexism

abisnail564's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

If you ever want to be punched directly in the heart by a book, this is the one to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

paulasnotsosecretdiary's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

Hamnet is a beautifully written fictionalized story of Shakespeare's life and that of his wife and family. Although little history exists about his wife and children, the author creates a rich sense of the daily life of each, and how tragedy impacts them all. Although the book became a must-read during the pandemic as a primer for how to navigate through grief, Hamnet is a strong enough work to stand outside that context. One of the shortcomings of the edition I read is the lack of trigger warnings; there is physical and emotional abuse depicted as well as the death of a child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Child death, and Child abuse