Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

19 reviews

cwinship's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, and Self harm

lacey_wi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

jade_allkins's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

edinaakerekes's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

A very powerful story, beautifully integrated into fiction. Truly heart wrenching.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

bexh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

punnypenguin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I read this book cover to cover in less than 12 hours, it is so gripping. I highly recommend anything written by Heather Morris

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

saramschacht's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

lucys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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? Yes

4.0

This book is extremely sad, it's a fictionalised novel about the life of a real woman who. Survived Auschwitz as a young woman, but while there is raped and works for the Nazi's to keep herself alive, and then once liberated is sentenced to 10 years in a Russian Gulag for "sleeping with the enemy". 
It was tough to get through and I had to stop and come back several times, it's hardly believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent