Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb

4 reviews

mondovertigo's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Racial slurs

theirgracegrace's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Vomit

This book was originally written in the 1930's and was only published recently, so approach with caution with that in mind.

manarnia's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The subject matter of this book is dark and bleak, but the book is compellingly written, with highs and lows and beautiful moments of hope and companionship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Blood, and Gore

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I never read The Grapes of Wrath, and I pretty much knew nothing about this book going in, besides that it wasn't published for a long time and John Green likes it. The characters, story, and writing are all very good. It was sad and hard to read at times, and there were some especially dark passages that I wasn't quite prepared for. It's easy to connect these people's struggles to the state of our world now, and makes me tired to think about. But it's a very good book and I'm glad I read it. My favorite line was "What's the matter with me? Picking at death like an old hen pecking apart something too big to swallow."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Racial slurs, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal ideation