Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Ici et maintenant by Liane Moriarty

68 reviews

knives_c's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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In my opinion, this is Liane Moriarty's best work. 

Death and mortality can be a heavy subject, but it is handled superbly well here. Is fate deterministic or do we have free will? 

There were tears reading this, and smiles, sometimes sentences apart, maybe even words. Sometimes at the same time. 

A must read for fans and newcomers to Moriarty's work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death

emmawiththegreenhair's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Murder

emtrim's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Car accident

Minor: Child death, Infidelity

fiercereadsfiction's review against another edition

2.0

informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

winter_b's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

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This is a truely wonderful book. The characters and their stories feel so believable and are

beautifully and surprisingly intertwined

. The way grief is handled and described was very touching and relatable. I adored reading this book and I already know it will be one of my favourites of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

gillzzzo's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Lighthearted, well written, interesting book on fate and different peoples life paths. And easy and enjoyable read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit

tayreads10's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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I loved this story!! It honestly made me incredibly uncomfortable to read about death, especially being predicted the way it was for the passengers. It's such a morbid and scary thing, but this book, I just couldn't put it down. It was so well written and just an all around beautiful story and message. I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

emehughe's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent

dev921's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Elements 

Heartfelt- 💔💔💔💔 
Love aka Romance- 💋💋
Predictability- 🔮🔮🔮& 1/2

Spice-  1/2  of a 🌶 
Tear- 😭😭 & 3/4
Thrill-😲 😲 & 1/2
Humor-1/2 of a 😜

  I found it pretty easy to figure out what was going on with the "death ladies" predictions by about halfway through the book. However, the journey of the book was still fairly enjoyable. 

  I did like the ending and the how/why she ended up doing that on the plane. As well as all the frank discussions of mental health.

  Overall, it is a decent read, and quite emotional. 

Narrators' Rating: 4.5 stars

   My only complaint with the narrators was some of the voices they used were annoying or repetitive in different characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War