Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

7 reviews

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

A lovely story and murder mystery all wrapped up around a Folklore tale.

I found the characters loveable and was was really routing for some of them throughout the book.

I quite enjoyed jumping back and forward between the main characters perspectives. I did find the timeline a little hard to follow though so gave up on that part and just enjoyed the story.

I felt there were a couple of things never quite fully explained but I think this worked well with the fact this book had a strong link to a Folklore story that in itself has a lot of mystery wrapped around it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Murder, Blood, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Infertility

katastrophi's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This has me enthusiastic about reading her other works. I was transported immediately into the world she built and absorbed in the tale. I appreciated Ji Lin's intelligence, resourcefulness, loyalty, and ferocity.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Sexism, Stalking, Slavery, and Child death

marigold_faye's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, and Child death

horationelson's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Death, Sexism, Colonisation, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Gore

jazhandz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

I have a three strike policy with books: writing style, characters, plot. I could tell right away that I didn’t care for the writing style (strike one), and Ren was the only character I cared about (strike two, given how many characters this book is stuffed with). But the plot hooked me, so I kept reading. I would describe this choice as a mistake. The payoff was incredibly not worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, and Sexual harassment

medini_l's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Medical trauma, Incest, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Child death

rainlionnixphe's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Incest, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death