Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

43 reviews

frenchsnail's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

seawarrior's review against another edition

4.0

Whalefall is a thrilling and tragic novel of a young man learning to let some of his anger toward his father wash away while attempting to survive insurmountable odds. I thought this story was well written, but the extremely brief chapters were sometimes jarring and made it difficult to feel drawn into the book until the terrifying journey inside the whale began. I appreciate Kraus' focus on scientific accuracy, which led an edge of realism to this tale. I would recommend this book to readers interested in body horror, and look forward to watching the upcoming feature film. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

majestictrilobite's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide

orcamagicka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

So fucking good. Shocked it has such a low rating on StoryGraph, but then again, most people probably aren’t as huge whale/marine bio nerds as I am haha. This book was pure poetry and I’d love to reread it in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

juph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

melitta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

barfbabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, Vomit, and Grief

sylvestra's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Gore

tasnim_2000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

tasnim_2000's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer