Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

6 reviews

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, War, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Abortion, and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual content

netthauser's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful tragedy. Headley's prose is poetic and one needs only a passing familiarity with Beowulf and US suburbia to enjoy this novel. The unique world of each character is sublimy conveyed in their respective chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Classism, Death, and Blood

carolined314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

4.0

This has such beautiful crystalline writing, on such a tragic tale 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Gore, Body horror, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

nullandvoidlibrary's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

She really scrambled it up, but in a compelling way. It’s extremely dream-like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Stalking, Police brutality, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Confinement

Minor: Addiction

vanaeveryoung's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death