Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

44 reviews

kukazashi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Child death, Murder, and Racism

maybe_a_cat's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Rape

moon_peach's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

The novel goes through 3 generations, each facing the difficulty of being Chinese.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, War, Child death, and Racial slurs

emlouise8's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Sexual assault

kmaffett's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

sarah_speaks's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy

kenharel's review

emotional informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

e_freckles's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Rape, and Dementia

_cararichardson's review

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

really lovely, touching book. I love a good family anthology! It had so much great, thoughtful prose that I could’ve highlighted a majority of the book, especially in Meilin’s passages. I loved how the elements of Meilin’s stories carried throughout the book. Hard to believe that this is Melissa Fu’s first novel, the themes, prose and characters are all top notch. I also found myself learning quite a bit more of China and Taiwan’s history than I knew before!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, War, and Death

melissacushman's review

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Child death, and Death of parent