Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Homecoming by Kate Morton

21 reviews

machenn's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

avisreadsandreads's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

I've read all of Kate Morton's books and this is my least favourite by far. It's slow (and not in a good way), and I saw one of the twists coming from a mile away. It was only the ending (which did manage to shock and move me) that saved the book from a lower rating. I do think both the author and the main character were way too forgiving of one of the other characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Mental illness, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: War, Abortion, and Dementia

imjustadow's review

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad

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

5.0

This book is heavy, but it is so much more than that. It's family, it's generational trauma, it's a literary fiction novel that wraps around a fictional true crime book about a cold case that was never solved, it's realizing that decisions made decades ago that were never forgiven were more nuanced than was given credit for, it's reconnecting, it's love when you're doing the best that you can, it's secrets, it's pain, but ultimately it's so so beautiful

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infertility, Suicide, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

lkagain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Child death

anne_reader's review

emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Infertility

dkamada's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Wonderful book but the pacing was not the best. The first 30% is really slow and the majority of the plot twists are in the last 5-10%, but really interesting from multiple perspectives revealing the plot and the book within a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Infertility, and Kidnapping

hugsy85's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

The storyline of figuring out a family mystery was definitely intriguing. I really enjoyed the story, the characters (despite all their complexities) and how I felt like I liked them at times and couldn't stand them at others.

The book was a lot longer than it needed to be at times. About halfway through there was a ton of descriptive words for the setting that I had to gloss over before it turned into a DNF. The author did a great job establishing all this during the first half so the continuance through the second half was a bit unnecessary.

The ending was perfect and made me walk away with a sense of closure that you often don't get from stories like this. 

Overall I would recommend - just know the last half can be sped up if you gloss over all the scene setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy

prncskaters's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

Love everything Kate Morton reads. Saw some of this twist coming but definitely not all of it so she can really keep us on our toes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Infidelity, Infertility, Grief, and Death

cmklaft's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

dismantlethepatriarchy23's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

4.7 ⭐️
What a crazy plot twist! This is a story where the plot twist completely reverses the presumption of the entire story. There is amazing character development, great detail and very descriptive story telling. You feel as if you could have been there to experience this tragedy among them. It reflects on the nuances of being a mother, and what it means for children/a child to need their mother. It has so many individual details that seem to tie together in a perfect bow at the end, but yet you feel as if this could have happened in real life. 

It causes you to question yourself and your own morals; how much does forgiveness matter to you when you can’t change the past? How can a loving person be so deceitful? And where does it cross the line? How can the “truth” be so wrong, and is it worth repairing years later when it won’t change anything? 

This is a book focused on family tragedy and secrets, identity, motherhood, forgiveness, sad memories, grief and loss, guilt, and unforgivable actions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal death and Infidelity