Reviews tagging 'Death'

Devotion by Hannah Kent

17 reviews

malinhalia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Miscarriage and Colonisation

Minor: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

beautifulpaxielreads's review

challenging hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Racism

julesmae's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

I found it tough to rate this book. The prose is strong and poetic and earthy, and the musings of the main character often struck a deep chord within me. Still, something about the plot never quite reached perfect harmony for me, something about it out of my grasp enough to save me from giving it a more perfect rating, but overall I really did enjoy this journey and these incredible characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Religious bigotry

steve_freddo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual content

involves a dead spirit possessing another character in order to have sex

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

5.0

 Historical fiction with a truly epic sapphic love story that spans this world, and the next. Tender, sensuous and evocative. Religious freedom is a prominent plot point so there is an interesting juxtaposition between religious freedom and individual freedom. Hannah Kent really knows how to write. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Miscarriage

jameslyons's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Racism, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Colonisation, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

folksong's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

A beautiful book, I cried throughout the second half but loved every minute. The prose is transporting and the descriptions of the feelings that come with young queer love were perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, and Child abuse