Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

3 reviews

shoham's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.25

I liked all of it, it was wonderful! And then... The ending came to ruin it all. I listened to it on audiobook and I was fucking devastated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal death, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Mental illness

and this is clearly a very weird book, so beware of that

booksbooks1's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

its slow at first, but picks up later

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence

lolasherwin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use