Reviews tagging 'Death'

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

19 reviews

laurendeen's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual harassment, Death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

charlottemarston's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

"Simon accepts a cup of tea. He doesn't much like tea, but considers it a social duty to drink it in this country"- love this quote. Honestly loved the whole thing, it was so gripping and just wanted to keep reading. I liked the ending. Enjoyed reading the afterword as well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abortion, Death, Murder, and Mental illness

amsswim's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

I really liked this but boy it was slow. I'd recommend if you are into historical fiction, but this also crosses directly into true crime. Margret Atwood clearly did her research and really brought this story to life. Glad I was finally able to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pedophilia, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abandonment, Deportation, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

rebeccaquinton's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Abortion

jo_d's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy

madammejay's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Alias Grace has been on my mind since i‘ve finished the sensational handmaid‘s tale. although i enjoyed it the middle was a bit hard to get through (as is often the case for me) and the end a bit unsatisfying. worth reading, i marked some wonderful quotes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage

belial's review

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I think the book was well written, it's just difficult to grasp and much too slow for my taste.
But credit where credit is due, Atwood is an excellent writer and I like the style of writing she chose for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Murder

jolibon4e's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

Rarely is there such an unreadable and boring book. To be honest part of it may have been that I had completely different expectations but I am very disappointed. Truly I have no idea why the points of view were constantly changing, why was there so much description of random stuff that did not amount of anything. Like, the only thing I get from the book is that men are inherently sleazy and evil and all women ever do is suffer. Sure, but I don’t need 400 pages of this, there is nothing profound in that? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, and Abortion

Minor: Fatphobia

sarah_zaffiro's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

We love an unreliable narrator! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion