Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

30 reviews

isaarusilor's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content

futuretreeman's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, Drug use, Medical trauma, Grief, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

elsebeok's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Dementia

Minor: Chronic illness

jjoyce's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

Epic family drama is not usually the sort of story I'm drawn to, but I do like a good sibling tale and I enjoy sampling the work of great writers who don't write in my preferred styles and genres. Tom Hanks narrating a sibling story by Ann Patchett seemed like the perfect opportunity. And it was! I read a few chapters throughout  — enough to know that Hanks's narration probably added a full star of enjoyment to my rating. It's not a fast read either way, but what felt too slow in my hands became a fascinating and skillful unfolding in his. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death

amandabcook's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting and the idea of the house being like a central character felt a little bit different. Definitely an examination of just how messy humans and families can be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, and Medical content

sib_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dementia, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Infidelity, Cancer, and Cursing

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Death