Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

74 reviews

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

I saw another review use the word “bittersweet” and I think it’s a perfect description of this book. Deep sadness and loneliness paired with mystical wonder and tenderness. The ending did feel rushed a bit to me and I have some lingering questions, though I know that’s also the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

leialeilani's review

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Infertility

susannah_knox's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Animal death

faithfullymoonstruck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

The MCs of this novel live as homesteaders in 1920s Alaska. They hunted and fished wild animals for food and fur. Some may find these descriptions very disturbing.

bookishcori's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

Minor: Blood

sheasters's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

charley0796's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

This book is beautifully written, I felt like I was surviving the harsh and stunning Alaskan winter with the author. I felt like I was watching as Faina hunted. I normally skip lengthy descriptions and felt like Eowyn perfectly balanced this. This is the perfect tale for a cold winter’s day. 

I loved the mystery added to the change in how dialogue was written when Faina appeared - keeping you guessing as to her origins, whether she really was human and a  survivor or a fairy. A subtle touch! 

I loved how the story evolved for the first few parts, with all the satisfaction and whimsical nature of a fairy tale crossed with reality. However, as many others have reviewed, the last part didn’t satisfy me. The lack of reflection on ‘and she returned to the wild’ or ‘they all melted into the woods, Garrett following her with his son’ or even how they got through the disappearance is something I wish was reflected more on - I feel this would have created that satisfying ending I needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Death, and Animal death

sigynmoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

This book will truly stay with me. Beautiful, sweet, sad and haunting. Very much about love, which this book captured perfectly. The only thing keeping it from being a five is that I feel one element lacks clarity in a way that hurt the story just a little bit. Still, a beautiful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Infertility