Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

51 reviews

bookishcori's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

Minor: Blood

charley0796's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

This book is beautifully written, I felt like I was surviving the harsh and stunning Alaskan winter with the author. I felt like I was watching as Faina hunted. I normally skip lengthy descriptions and felt like Eowyn perfectly balanced this. This is the perfect tale for a cold winter’s day. 

I loved the mystery added to the change in how dialogue was written when Faina appeared - keeping you guessing as to her origins, whether she really was human and a  survivor or a fairy. A subtle touch! 

I loved how the story evolved for the first few parts, with all the satisfaction and whimsical nature of a fairy tale crossed with reality. However, as many others have reviewed, the last part didn’t satisfy me. The lack of reflection on ‘and she returned to the wild’ or ‘they all melted into the woods, Garrett following her with his son’ or even how they got through the disappearance is something I wish was reflected more on - I feel this would have created that satisfying ending I needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Death, and Animal death

sigynmoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.75

This book will truly stay with me. Beautiful, sweet, sad and haunting. Very much about love, which this book captured perfectly. The only thing keeping it from being a five is that I feel one element lacks clarity in a way that hurt the story just a little bit. Still, a beautiful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Infertility

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

cnohero's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.0

 Beautifully told and emotional 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty

em_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

victoranna263's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

hello_linzie's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Infertility

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

wileyks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Child death