Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

21 reviews

kerishma's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, and Self harm

sarahkheeter's review

dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

I’m feeling really impacted by other people’s bad/unimpressed reviews. Initially I felt this book was unbearably slow, but it got better once the men show up (this is in the synopsis, so no spoilers). It definitely picks up and interested me much more after that point. The mystery around the characters and in the backdrop of the main plot is really interesting and dark. I’m not sure anything about this is inspiring, empowering, or even really insightful, but it’s certainly critical of patriarchal control and toxicity and shattering and has a lot of shock value. I think it had potential to be mind blowing and life alteringly good, but instead I would say it’s just dark, mysterious, and fascinating. Don’t read spoilers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Incest

mlynn2004's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Minor: Suicide and Child death

kycerae's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

danpeachey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Child death, and Self harm

amy_park's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.5

This book is a short feminist dystopian that slow burns. Incredibly eeiry and claustrophobic, I thought overall  it was really good. Going in I was cautious as I didn't enjoy 'Cursed bread', my apprehension was short lived as I was compelled from the start. I enjoyed the writing style and the closed setting. The water and decaying imagery was great, added another creepy element to the novel. I did feel the pace was very slow in some places, which is surprising as its only a short book, although this was great and good for the book, it did make me a bit reluctant to pick it up at times. I would recommend and especially encourage people to read if they also didn't gel with Sophie Mackintosh's other novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

peckreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

ashtheaudiomancer's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

Unsure how to feel about this one. I certainly finished it quickly, and I found it gripping the whole way through. However, the story being told here is . . . distressing for reasons I don't think the author intended. Or maybe she did, and I'm just not getting it? I don't know. This is why I don't normally read literary novels. Well written, and I know the type of reader I'd recommend it to, but I am not that reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest, Gaslighting, and Rape

This book is set on an island that is basically a cult for women running from intimate partner abuse. The "disease" they say plagues the mainland may or may not be real.

frazilice's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm

schromrgn's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence