Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

73 reviews

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

ryreadsreviews's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

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

fantaskzy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

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

blondieonekenobi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

This book was a combination of a magical, mystical story and frontier homesteading. It is haunting and I will be thinking about it for a long time to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Infertility

goldenlake's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Infertility

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

Minor: Alcohol

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