Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal

20 reviews

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME????????????????? NO FINAL CHAPTER???????? WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???????
Im gonna scream

no reunion chapter??? Fucking albie????????????WHAT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Kidnapping

arielcorrea's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I picked this book up after hearing Soairse-Monica Jackson talk about her role in the TV adaptation. I completely misheard her description and spent the majority of the book waiting for a story line that never happened (my fault). Aside from that, I found Silas to be sickening and knowing what he was working up to was hard to deal with. This story of Iris, based on Lizzie Siddal, is powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Death, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Violence

bonefires's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

A lot of unexpected animal violence and cruelty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Needlessly graphic. Only finished it because of the narrator, Tuppence Middleton. Not literary. Crass and derivative of “You” and “American Psycho.”

books_for_the_bat's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Classism, Infidelity, and Misogyny

skyegbooks's review

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-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

3.5

I didn't so much like the vague ending.

My heart breaks for Albie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Excrement, Blood, Cursing, and Vomit

dorien_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Death, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Excrement, Sexism, and Medical content

kristenreads's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, Child death, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Excrement

hocuscrocus's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. What a read! This is an immediate classic in my mind and I'll be reading it again very soon.

The thing I appreciated the most is how so delightfully balanced the author is with her details. She doesn't shy away from how gross Victorian London was, but she doesn't use it for shock value, either. She is clearly well-researched in the history and language of the time, but she doesn't spoon feed the reader with it. 
It was truly a delight to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Cancer

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

midnacine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really loved this. There's a beautiful analogy of art used throughout the story and the characters are all so intriguing. I will definitely be reading this again in the future, but definitely check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Torture, Ableism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Confinement, and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, and Child abuse