Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

27 reviews

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: Infertility and Suicide attempt

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

katelynprice's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved diving into this atmospheric story. Jack and Mabel quickly captured my heart. It was lovely to see them grow individually and as a couple over time. I understand that all of the hunting and animal death serves a purpose in this story, but I still didn't enjoy reading about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Infertility, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Pregnancy

mijtje's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I don’t know why, but I expected this to be a cosy winter read. It is not. While reading I felt a sense of looming disaster, an always present uneasiness. It felt like the dark side of a fairytale if that makes sense. Probably not. Don’t worry, just read the book. 

I will get goosebumps next time it snows. A book I will be thinking about for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

krex's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

antoniav's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyinherhead's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

"In my old age, I see that life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children, and that perhaps there is no harm in finding magic among the trees."

This is a tender story of an older couple who has recently moved to Alaska after suffering a loss, to strike out on their own and live off the land. The morning after a big snowstorm, during which they built a small child out of snow, they spot a girl lingering in the woods around their property, and from there, the book follows them as they attempt to build a relationship with her.

The Snow Child is about the snow child, sure, but it's also about loneliness, and grief, and healing, and friendship, and family, and figuring out your purpose in life, and remembering how to be excited. It's a gorgeous book to read in the winter—Eowyn Ivey nails her descriptions of the Alaskan cold, but she infuses the sadness with hope, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide attempt

qtcarolyn's review against another edition

emotional relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Miscarriage, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

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

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy