Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Bear by Andrew Krivak

10 reviews

septi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Medical trauma, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Vomit

Minor: Violence

morganj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit

erin1096's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A beautiful little book. It left me with a general sense of gratitude and appreciation for the planet. It was well-written and a joy to read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

lanternhillbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

mezilla's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I haven't read a story as gentle as this one in such a long time.

So many stories of the tail end of humanity focus on the brutality of loss and the end of society. This one doesn't. This replaces the hopelessness and betrayal of those stories with the quiet beauty of small moments together at the end. It's not a fizzle or a bang, we end with a content sigh.

The love between the father and daughter in this book brought me so many mixed emotions of sorrow and hope. Even when I knew where the story was headed I couldn't help but be glad we've all had a little time together, even if it's not for forever.

This is a wonderful book for anyone on their own journey through grief.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, and Death of parent

rphalange's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

4.75

Really beautiful story with clear writing. It is a post-apocalyptic speculative fiction novella based in fabulism, rather than fantasy proper. It is not science fiction.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

tlaynejones's review

adventurous informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal death

kshertz's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book was sad, then it got sadder, and then it was the saddest.  As a middle grade read it’s intense. It reminds me of like On the Road but for kids? The end of the world and it’s just this girl and her dad. There’s so much we never learn and that was hard for me. I felt the loneliness and sadness and it was almost too much to get through to finish and enjoy the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Blood

foreverinastory's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

 

CWs: Animal death, blood, death, death of parent, grief, injury/injury detail.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

luckykosmos's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

For a book where there was some danger around every corner, this felt like a nighttime walk in a misty park, solitary and contemplative. I went in expecting something expounding on the role of humanity in the fate of the world - instead, it mused on the connections we make to one another, listening to each other's needs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent