Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

308 reviews

tashba's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Body horror

daniellekat's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

The writing was too much…too descriptive, too elaborate, too boring. I wished I enjoyed this more but it was a tough one to get through. The author is a talented writer but the power and emotion of the prose was lost for me because every sentence held so much detail. Overall the story was compelling and the author told it through an interesting lens but this was not for me. I can understand the draw and attention this has gotten but if lyrically written character books are not your thing, skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Birth/labour Plague

emilia___'s review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Child death

jillyrose's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, and Infidelity

c_serpent's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

This is a novel about grief and loss and absence. It is not about Hamnet so much as it is about his mother, Agnes.

It is beautiful. It is beautiful. It is beautiful.

Total score: 5/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

tinyjude's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Agnes' fierce love for her children and the portrayal of her grief were the absolute highlights of this novel. I loved how painful it was to read all those passages.

I also loved the moment in which she attends the representation of Hamlet and understands what her husband intended to do. It was a good callback to her words a hundred pages before, and what any parent would want to do for their child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, and Pregnancy

a_v_h's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse

alexijai98's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I can tolerate only so much Renaissance Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

nordicat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy

owlribbon's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death, and Grief