Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

16 reviews

14silja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Genocide, Miscarriage, Suicide, War, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Car accident, Grief, Infertility, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Deportation, and Outing

bookerage's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.25

Sarah's Key is an emotional historical novel about how a little girl named Sarah experienced the roundup of Vel d'Hiv, but also about a journalist named Julia and how her life changes when researching Sarah's life. I enjoyed the two different timelines and how the stories become connected. The tone is very sentimental, Julia is reflecting a lot on the past, which makes the book repetitive at times.

The author has a talent to set a certain melancholic mood, which was also present in The Rainwatcher, but Sarah's Key has more of a plot.

The historical part of the novel is very interesting, a different approach to the Holocaust. I would definitely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Child death

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child death, and Confinement

sammelito's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

Very interesting book to discuss and I liked learning about Vel d'Hiv. It sadly falls a bit flat in the second half

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Antisemitism

Moderate: Genocide and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Sexism

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. Not what I was expecting. I enjoyed the first hundred pages(except the writing style). Then we lose a narrative part that I was enjoying way more. We started just focusing on Julie and how she felt about the things that happened and her stupid husband. Honestly while I was reading I had plot points that would have made this better and when they didn’t happen and it was just about Julia I was disappointed. That being said I am happy I read this because I honestly didn’t really know that these events took place in France. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, War, Suicide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Abortion, Antisemitism, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

kiahsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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, Grief, Genocide, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Miscarriage, War, Suicide, Infertility, Murder, Death of parent, and Infidelity

skylacine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A pretty dang strong yet brutal historical fiction.

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/10/book-review-sarahs-key-by-tatiana-de.html

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide

jennabarry3's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide, and War

Minor: Car accident

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Death, Excrement, Infertility, Genocide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Miscarriage

grinchem's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

It took awhile to get through this, as the perspective alternates between Sarah, the young french girl with a compelling storytelling voice, and a modern story of a journalist looking into an event from the holocaust along with her personal drama. The journalist was far less interesting to follow, but the end of the story was well written. Overall I think I could recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide