Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

145 reviews

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

blueberry0531's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

revolutionwithoutdancing's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and War

feebles640's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying and Murder

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, and War

mwaskom's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

beautiful. I learned so much about Cyprus and it was so engaging. Though it is rooted in many specific places and times, it's truly about the experiences, connections, and desires we all have. Only reason it's not a 5 star read is that the tree metaphors and very heavy handed, like this book was made for a 10th grade English essay about symbolism (and would be an amazing assigned reading) but I thought it would benefit from a little more subtlety. 🌳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Abortion

crimsonlilies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

toomanydresses's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Colonisation

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content