Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

64 reviews

annreadsabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, War, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Child death

orla_h's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Animal death

cereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Colonisation, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, and Confinement

geraldinerowe's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A well written book with an unusual perspective, and much more than the supernatural whodunnit it could be accused of being. It taught me a lot about Sri Lanka, and its messages on political power and violence could be applied anywhere. However, I found the book to be overly long and, although I enjoyed it, it never really gripped me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Torture, Violence, War, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, and Child death