Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

61 reviews

koalanibletts's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Incredibly sad and real depiction of a failing marriage that is brought back to life. A good read, but rarely a happy one

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage

staciek3's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

I loved this book! It's my first by this author, but I love her style, and I too find Alaska to be beautiful and also scary. I loved all the characters in this book and the way the little family took hold in the Alaskan wilderness. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

beereading90's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Überraschenderweise hat mich dieses Buch in seinen Bann gezogen und mich nicht mehr los gelassen.

Ruhig und gediegen beschreibt die Autorin das Leben des Ehepaares Jack und Mabel die 1920, nach dem Verlust ihres Neugeborenen, nach Alaska umsiedeln, um vor ihrer Vergangenheit zu fliehen und sich eine neue Existenz als Farmer aufzubauen.
Das Leben dort ist hart. Lange Winter, schlechte Infrastruktur, Einsamkeit, ständige Gefahr zu verhungern, zu erfrieren oder von Wildtieren gefressen zu werden.
Dies lässt einen die Autorin in allen Einzelheiten spüren, immer und immer wieder.
Aber nicht nur die äußeren Umstände bereiten dem Ehepaar Probleme, auch der Umgang mit ihren Gefühlen und Wünschen stellt ihre Ehe auf die Probe.
Als der erste Schnee fällt, fällt ebenso ihre Anspannung und in einem Moment kindlicher Freude bauen die Beiden ein Schneemädchen.
Am nächsten Tag ist das Schneemädchen fort, aber sie bemerken dafür eine kleine Gestalt,
die zwischen den Bäumen am Waldrand umherläuft....

Und schon sind wir mitten in der Geschichte. Es bleibt das ganze Buch über unklar, ob das Mädchen nun echt oder eine mystische Gestalt ist. So ist das nun mal mit dem magischen Realismus.
Vieles was man über dieses Mädchen erfährt ist Paradox und man muss sich einfach darauf einlassen, anstatt alles zu hinterfragen. Ist sie nun echt oder nicht?
Das hat mich in dieser Geschichte nicht gekümmert.

Es ist ein schön geschriebenes Märchen voll toller Natur und herzensguter Menschen die ich
alle lieb gewonnen habe.
Außerdem ist es eine Ode an die Landwirtschaft, so leidenschaftlich wie die Autorin davon erzählt, habe ich selbst Lust bekommen ein Erdbeerfeld anzulegen :-)

Tatsächlich habe ich nicht einen Funken zu meckern an dem Buch.
Für mich von vorne bis hinten eine Runde Sache. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

willow_thewisp's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

jaxene's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

As I picked this up during the Arctic portion of a reading around the world challenge, I was really glad of all the detailed descriptions of life and scenery in the Alaskan wilderness. This was definitely a slower-moving story and rather than feeling like I couldn't put it down, I found myself having to make the effort to pick it up each night. However, that doesn't detract from the story at all. It beautifully parallels the children's story it is based on while remaining at all times firmly grounded in its Alaskan setting. I could feel the cold, see the snow's beauty, know the gritty necessity of hunting and trapping, and felt both the joy and sorrow of the quiet loneliness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

tplattenburg's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical content, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

bzmack100's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Miscarriage

connierose86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This has to be one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. I felt my own personal grief understood in these pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Alcohol