Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

238 reviews

lapistea's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, Grief, Child death, Sexual content, Blood, Misogyny, Gore, Rape, Body horror, Suicide, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, War, and Violence

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Child death, Misogyny, Death, Rape, Pregnancy, Medical content, Violence, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, and War

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

farah24's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

quinnisabel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

heartbroken by gay boys once again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Body horror, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Rape

Minor: Animal death

corinaphoto's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Sexism

whitedaylilies's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Death, Pregnancy, Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Blood

esterohman's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

This was a quick and easy read, although not my favorite Greek mythology inspired novel. I liked the focus on female perspective, and it was interesting seeing the missing viewpoint in the original stories. However, it just wasn’t that exciting to read. I think that it’s just my own perspective and not the fault of the book however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Chronic illness, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Vomit

irisreads1996's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

A retelling of the Greek myth of the battle of Troy but told through the eyes of Briseis. Really interesting to read a Greek tale from a woman’s perspective. Barker made some nice stylistic choices like writing chapters from Briseis’ POV in past tense while writing chapters focusing on Achilles or other men in the story in present tense. This made it really easy to differentiate whose view you were in without writing any names at the beginning of the chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Death

Minor: Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Violence

babblingbooks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Blood, Rape, Vomit, Excrement, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Death, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent and Torture