Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

76 reviews

lizzym126's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

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

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

celey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

Incredible. The writing positively shimmers. The emotional journeys are raw and real. A slight element of supernatural forces kept me guessing. I will be thinking about this book for a long time. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Medical content, Gore, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Body horror

Minor: Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Many challenging topics and ideas are explored in this book. It is all done very thoughtfully.

natmorrall's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Sexual content

daniellekat's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

2.5

The writing was too much…too descriptive, too elaborate, too boring. I wished I enjoyed this more but it was a tough one to get through. The author is a talented writer but the power and emotion of the prose was lost for me because every sentence held so much detail. Overall the story was compelling and the author told it through an interesting lens but this was not for me. I can understand the draw and attention this has gotten but if lyrically written character books are not your thing, skip this one. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Birth/labour Plague

c_serpent's review

emotional 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

This is a novel about grief and loss and absence. It is not about Hamnet so much as it is about his mother, Agnes.

It is beautiful. It is beautiful. It is beautiful.

Total score: 5/5 stars

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

rosenau's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual content

telcontar's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

lesbosbookworm's review

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

bronzeageholly's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy