Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

18 reviews

j_hanchey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, and War

jennywinder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-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? No

4.5

It was neat to read a book from the perspective of occupied Poland. While partway through I could guess the ending, it still kept me engaged and anxious to hear exactly how we get to the resolution. It is sad and beautiful and made me want to learn more about the history of that region and time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Antisemitism

Moderate: War and Excrement

It takes place in nazi occupied Poland and modern day Florida. There is one use of the R-word but it pretty immediately explained why that is wrong

mollyalex's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Death

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

Wow. Just wow.
THIS is the story I feel like I have been waiting for for the last couple of months, the one that would blow me away!

I can't help but compare with Winter Garden which I also recently read, because there were definitely a lot of similarities - historical WWII fiction, dual timelines, family drama - and I have to say, this book absolutely nailed it in a way that Winter Garden didn't quite hit the mark.

I was equally drawn into both timelines, which wove themselves together seamlessly. The family struggles in the 'present' day felt completely authentic and the characters were well developed. Some difficult themes were explored, and I felt like these were all handled exceptionally well.

The historical timeline was, as can be expected with WWII fiction, absolutely heartbreaking, but equally inspiring. The character development of Alina was particularly strong.

This was my first Kelly Rimmer book and I definitely will be trying more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Violence

travelthrupages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Violence

dontstopmemeow's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.25

This book tore me up. A total gut  wrencher, but so worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Grief, Murder, and Violence

elisabethjoe's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

clairet386's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Violence