Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

5 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a lot. It sucked me in and I couldn’t put it down, yet I had to stop reading before bed because I kept getting weird dreams. This book is very emotional and deals with some heavy topics, and potentially could be triggering. The subtle eeriness of the paranormal phenomenon going on also adds to the need to continue reading to find out what’s going on. I saw a few things coming, but only in the short term rather than from early on in the book. I feel like you really start to see what’s happening in the second half of the book. While I was really invested in Natalie and Beau, I didn’t really see a reason why they loved each other besides their circumstance. And yet they were very convincing in the way young love is. So I guess the chemistry was there. I had visceral reactions to Matt’s behaviors. This book is a bit mind-numby but not overly so, but it stomped on my heart a lot. While I will think about how this book made me feel for a while, I wouldn’t necessarily say that I loved it. I liked it, I appreciated it, and it made me think and feel things. I like Emily Henry’s writing but the characters, atmosphere, general premise of the book is not one I’m drawn to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Addiction, Blood, Abandonment, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Miscarriage, Abortion, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Death of parent

lainiereads's review

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

Definitely very good but also very confusing. I didn't love the romance in this, but it worked well with the story. Still has the Henry wit that is a standard in all of her books. I really loved Natalie and enjoyed her story and growth. I understand why the ending was so vague, but I would've loved a liiiiitle bit more. Also, I'm unsure about the Native American rep. She did research for the stories but there's mixed reports on some of the other aspects of rep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Car accident and Alcoholism

Minor: Kidnapping and Racism

linnypesto's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse

emmahudsonreads's review

emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Car accident