Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

145 reviews

bouebooks's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

graciexpratt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Abortion, Death of parent, and Colonisation

mermaidstears's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

I really loved this book. The writing is gorgeous and the story itself is completely compelling. I throughly enjoyed the amount of nature featured in this and the narration from the fig tree were some of my favourite parts. Not too mention the amount of loveable characters and the love they have between their own relationships and their relationships with each other. This taught me so much about Cyprus, Greek and Turkish Cypriots and the conflict and history as well as the culture. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Suicide, Torture, and Alcohol

e11en's review against another edition

emotional reflective

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

romyreads_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Abandonment

haleymaple's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

Beautiful book when I needed it most

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

sydneybedell's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism

gendavis's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

littlewishling's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

My love for this book kind of snuck up on me. Shafak has a beautiful way with words and has created a fantastic story wrapped in history and folklore. I adored this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and War

millieinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent