Reviews tagging 'Grief'

L'estate che sciolse ogni cosa by Tiffany McDaniel

7 reviews

larinda_booksandanxiety's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Beautifully written. I read a review of this book before I read it and it said, "devastatingly beautiful." This is an accurate description. The premise is basically, the devil was invited to town and came. Though the "devil" revealed himself, I'm unsure of who or what really was the devil. This book reads like poetry...tragic poetry. Very emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Cannibalism

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Animal death

kayleighcanread's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Murder, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Bullying

Minor: Cannibalism and Rape

divafern's review against another edition

Absolutely maudlin. Without going too far into it, it tries to do too much. The writing is interesting in some places and yet liberally peppered with laughably bad metaphors and tired stereotypes. Just see the list of content warnings to get a feel for the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Outing, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Alcoholism, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Abandonment, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

penelopeja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Murder

lorylor's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

whatellisreadnext's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was torture to read. This is what happens when an author tries to write about too many things at once. Every single message gets lost. There were pockets of good writing, but for the most part, the emotional exhaustion from reading this overshadowed everything.

My two main issues were:
1) the setting of 1984 to utilise HIV/Aids as a shocking plot point
2) the fact we are told to give empathy to the white supremacists that brutally murder a black child. Again this was utilised as a plot point to shock the reader. 

This book is written by a white woman. It came out 5 years ago, but if it was released now, it would be getting major backlash. It didn't sit right with me, and I recommend you don't read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Loss of a child