Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Das Schneemädchen by Martina Tichy, Eowyn Ivey, Margarete Längsfeld, Claudia Arlinghaus

51 reviews

antoniav's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

kulera's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Stalking

drekklin's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the best novels I’ve read that strikes a balance between joy and sorrow. There are exceptionally sad moments, but you will feel pulled along by the hope and tenacity of the characters along with Ivey’s beautiful prose. The Snow Child is as lovely and daunting as Alaska itself.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Child death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

izzybell's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Pregnancy, Child death, and Animal death

ofpagesandparagraphs's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

hm, it's been quite some time since i last finished a book frowning. the snow child is an amalgamation of many beautiful aspects: vivid scenery that makes for several wonderful, stirring scenes--the snow child-making and ice-skating scenes, in particular--filled w/ characters that demonstrate the charm and oft-touching neighborly relationships in the alaskan wilderness, and themes of life's possibilities, found family, nature's breathless beauty. and yet, the thread that holds it all tgt--faina's existence--is flimsy, and unfortunately makes for a magical realizm book that, in my opinion, lacks realism. it feels like a story that teters between a fairytale and realistic fiction, struggles throughout w/ trying to be both and neither, and pulls the rug off my feet at the end. throughout the whole book, the old couple wrestles w/ the wonder and--as is asserted pointedly several times--the "real humanness" of their own snow child, thus the ending makes for a baffling conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, and Sexual content

Minor: Death and Child death

elephant_mouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Beautiful book. It has affected me so much. I don’t think everyone would love it as much as i did because it was exactly what I needed these past few days! But still a great book nonetheless. There are some quotes in here that will stick with me forever- I know it. 
All love to the author! I will read their other book very soon. 
:) <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Animal death

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual content

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I saw another review use the word “bittersweet” and I think it’s a perfect description of this book. Deep sadness and loneliness paired with mystical wonder and tenderness. The ending did feel rushed a bit to me and I have some lingering questions, though I know that’s also the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

lil_micks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

This books is so simultaneously beautiful and joyful and warm while also being so heartbreaking and melancholy at the same time. A gorgeous, cozy read that must be read in the winter during a snowstorm. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy and Child death

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

The MCs of this novel live as homesteaders in 1920s Alaska. They hunted and fished wild animals for food and fur. Some may find these descriptions very disturbing.