Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Ici et maintenant by Liane Moriarty

68 reviews

obi_gyn_ferroni's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent

jocelyn62013's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, Stalking, War

cherrald's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death

rzavakos's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective

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Listened to this on audio. This kept me engaged and I guessed some parts but there were connections and turns I didn’t guess.  I wish they would have given us a little bit more closure on some of the story lines but overall I really liked it and it was an intriguing story!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent

klantaff's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Pregnancy

emilyacv's review against another edition

4.25

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Loved the premise - a strange lady (psychic??) predicts the cause and age of death of all the passengers on a flight. What would you do if given such a prediction - would you make changes? Would you try to “beat” your fate? Would you just focus on making the most of your limited time? In classic Liane Moriarity fashion, there is a huge cast of characters and yet you feel like you get to know them all. At first I was flying though the pages, totally engrossed, but I think the last quarter of the book dragged a bit. I also feel a little let down by the ending… I loved the way the storylines weaved together but

and it feels almost wrong to say this because it would definitely have been the more “dark” ending… but I almost wish it was more of a fantasy type book and more of the predictions came true? Instead we went the “logical” route which just fell a bit flat for me.

however, I did enjoy the underlying theme of logic vs higher powers, what controls your fate and can you change it etc. I definitely want to read it again, it’s so dense I think I will take more away from a second read-through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

amyperington's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicide

fionarose96's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Vomit, Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse

jhansell's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent

whatev's review against another edition

4.75

inspiring lighthearted sad slow-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

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Slow to start, and at first gives you the feeling of “where is this going”, but wholeheartedly enjoyable. Loveable characters, witty & funny moments, and by the end you’re crying. 
Definitely a little different to Moriartys other books in my opinion, not as much of a mystery, and definitely more lighthearted, but I enjoyed it a lot. A book that really makes you appreciate life, and also inspires you to go do the things you want to do in life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Car accident