Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

66 reviews

rld1727's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gore

Minor: Vomit

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Excrement, Cannibalism, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief and Confinement

vanesst's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Death

tetromino's review

adventurous funny reflective slow-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? No

5.0

Perhaps my perspective would change, having read this book years ago but the 'boring' part in the beginning talking about the zoo is maybe my favorite part of the book. Something about it really stuck when I was like 14 or so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gore

Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism

gw7's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Confinement, Animal death, and Animal cruelty