Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

156 reviews

louisekf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

demi_sewell's review

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Well written and lovely to read. I liked how each character brought out their own stories and rounded out the whole book. It was a typical love story, and I'd read it again as an easy / quick read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

gondorgirl's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

kwaterlander's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

Overall this was a super fun read. It was heart-warming and a nice change of pace for me. I enjoyed the slight mystery and never felt like anyone was in serious danger. It touches on some heavy topics. I think it could have benefited from being a little bit longer to flesh out the main plot and some of the side characters. 
I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be following this author for more.

The main characters aren’t very diverse, in my opinion. There are some minor side characters mentioned that add to the diversity, but not much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

lineberry_m's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

kou_'s review

adventurous challenging hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

jennaem27's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

sheryl's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

taylorjones118's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Chronic illness and Abortion

laura_berger's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abortion, and Death of parent