Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

5 reviews

jessieanne11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm a slow reader and I read this in 3 days because I was so captivated. It's a beautifully heart wrenching story of generations of absolutely unfair trauma. Without giving anything away, it shows that the only way to get through grief and loss is for it to have never happened in the first place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Lots of super great emotional and poignant parts in this book, but I was pretty off-put by the frequent dropping of the R-slur, and casual references to incest, pedophilia, sexual trauma, and how shockingly fine everyone was with a nine year old walking around NYC alone? Part mesmerizing and part bizarre… I understand the hype but I feel this missed the mark for me a bit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Grief, Bullying, Mental illness, Child death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, War, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage

lily_eames's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is one of the most unique, interesting books I’ve ever read. The structure is unlike anything else. Can I honestly say that I enjoyed every part of it? Nope. I was even severely uncomfortable at times. However, it was still incredibly well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, War, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content

reed_ing's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, War, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicidal thoughts

hadeshotline's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Child death, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Islamophobia, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia