Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

163 reviews

fennelseedsmom's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was sad the sake of being sad. I’ve never had a book take so much from me while reading and not in a good way. Adding a star because I liked the ending well enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Abortion, Murder

ruthie_the_librarian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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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I wasn't sure at the start, and good golly it's long, but I sat reading the final third of the book barely breathing until the end I was so completely caught up in these characters...even when they didn't make sense (Tooms?) I was so fully committed to them that I just wanted to see what else would unravel.
It's dark and difficult subject-wise, and wordy, but I thought it was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

thebookaddict's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

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Deze dikke thriller geeft een uitgebreid beeld van het leven de hoofdpersonages. Soms zelf iets te breed. Het verhaal is erg uitgebreid, maar hierdoor raakte ik soms de draad kwijt. Ik had het gevoel dat een hele hoop informatie overbodig was. Het concept van dit verhaal is wel heel uniek. De manier hoe kunst hier wordt beschreven en verwerkt vond ik erg mooi. De schrijfstijl is ondanks dat het erg uitgebreid is wel goed en duidelijk. Het leest vlot weg en ik had geen moeite om dingen te begrijpen. Ik vond het sterk dat op het einde heel veel dingen logisch werden. De puzzelstukjes vielen voor mij op zijn plek. Stiekem had ik gehoopt op een goed einde voor twee van karakter, eventueel een kleine liefde🫣. 

Het boek bevat ook een aantal duistere onderwerpen, dus ik denk dat je je hier wel goed van bewust moet zijn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Pregnancy

riverrose98's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Abortion, Murder

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy

filipaz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape

zoeyh14's review against another edition

3.5

inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

withoutfeathers's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Incest

nicolesings55's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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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A book club read! A novel that’s labeled as mystery/thriller but is actually more of a literary fiction. This story follows the lives of childhood friends, Patch and Saint, over the span of 25 years. Their lives are forever changed when Patch, age 13, saves the local rich girl’s life. What unfolds after changes the whole trajectory of Patch and Saints life! This story is filled with heartbreak after heartbreak, while covering some sensitive topics, but it’s also filled with so much hope as the characters find all the colors through the dark times (sorry I couldn’t help it)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious 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: Child death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence

colwaldo76's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion