Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

28 reviews

matulla0411's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Infertility, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Grief

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Gore

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

A slow, atmospheric book. It had a wonderful sense of place - the Alaskan wilderness. A perfect winter read. ❄️ 

I didn’t know that this was going to be a retelling of the Russian folk tale of “Snegurochka” or The Snow Maiden - so that was a fun surprise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Animal death, and Death

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

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

thealyssa_ann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-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

I was completely absorbed in this book. It was simple and easy to read yet I felt transported to another time and place entirely. I loved the fantastical, magical realism and fairytale elements and the raw emotions. About halfway through the book I read one of the reviews inside the cover that said if Willa Cather and Gabriel Garcia Marquez combined wrote a book this would be it and that’s the best way to summarize it. Pure magic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Infertility

qtcarolyn's review against another edition

emotional relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

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

faithfullymoonstruck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

charley0796's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book is beautifully written, I felt like I was surviving the harsh and stunning Alaskan winter with the author. I felt like I was watching as Faina hunted. I normally skip lengthy descriptions and felt like Eowyn perfectly balanced this. This is the perfect tale for a cold winter’s day. 

I loved the mystery added to the change in how dialogue was written when Faina appeared - keeping you guessing as to her origins, whether she really was human and a  survivor or a fairy. A subtle touch! 

I loved how the story evolved for the first few parts, with all the satisfaction and whimsical nature of a fairy tale crossed with reality. However, as many others have reviewed, the last part didn’t satisfy me. The lack of reflection on ‘and she returned to the wild’ or ‘they all melted into the woods, Garrett following her with his son’ or even how they got through the disappearance is something I wish was reflected more on - I feel this would have created that satisfying ending I needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Death, and Animal death