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Haven by Emma Donoghue

5 reviews

brogancha's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

hannahrhian's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, and Emotional abuse

afion's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Self harm

hmatt's review

adventurous challenging reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Fantastic characterization and a deliberately slow-moving plot that really serves its purpose of putting you in the headspace of (well, two of) the monks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Vomit, Body shaming, Confinement, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Blood and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

Contains graphic hate speech and hateful action towards an intersex individual (within the last chapter only)

alylentz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense 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

4.0

I've read a handful of Emma Donoghue's books and am always surprised and intrigued by what she'll write next. This one was difficult to read not because it was boring or uninteresting to me, but because it is a sad and brutal story that doesn't pull any punches. Just when you think things can't get worse for the characters, they do, every time. However, I think the character work here is truly expert, as Donoghue's books always are. My investment in them kept me turning the pages, and the familial relationship that forms between Cormac and Trian and leads us to the climax is something that will definitely stick with me. I would recommend this book to readers who like survival stories, books with a slow build, and titles that contemplate religion and its limits.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Child death