Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

32 reviews

nick_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexism, and Misogyny

melissaarnaud's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

kitten's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

talonsontypewriters's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Blood, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

Bombing and aftermath. Single, relatively brief scene of attempted rape.

audc's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

I don’t know if I liked the book, but it is 4star writing. It sparked an interest in maps that comes entirely from this book. 
You can tell the author spent a lot of time researching. 

I cared little for the characters and  the story started to drag towards the end. 

I dislike how Abu Sayeed died or that he died at all; like he had no place in this story.

This story led to a lot of reflections and new experiences. I also learned quite a bit - I was glad to also learn of the mundane. 
The female characters in this book are so strong. It’s so amazing.
There are a great many quotes and situations and questions. I think the best books make something in you shift just a bit and this has me asking lots of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Animal death

bessjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

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

chelsl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Death, War, Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

gems_gems's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Trafficking, War, Rape, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

rworrall78's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

Gorgeous, challenging but uplifting. I loved the historical characters woven in to the story and the mythical and cultural ideas.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, War, Death of parent, Violence, and Child death