Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Family by Naomi Krupitsky

22 reviews

lovealwaysadi's review

emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, War, Toxic friendship, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Racism, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Antisemitism

Minor: Genocide and Bullying

saramoser's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

The women in these stories are most often forgotten. They don’t make the news, they don’t make the headlines. The women in mob stories are behind the scenes, the children in mob stories are behind the scenes. The Family is a fascinating tale of two daughters, from separate Family families, who grow up and lead two different lives along side each other, supporting each other, and the women deserve a story told about them. Beautiful writing, beautiful story, and then ending left me wanting and pleading for more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Blood

marv_elous's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

courtneyclouts's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Sexism, Vomit, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Medical content, Antisemitism, Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Murder

roniiweasley's review

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Death of parent

ressicajicks's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Beautifully written but very slow paced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism

sjanke2's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Antisemitism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Violence

ladygetslit's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Grief, and Gun violence

carmenvillaman's review

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, and Death of parent

one_to_fifty_two's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

I loved this debut novel. The Family is a story about friendship, secrets, love, mystery, and corruption. It's centered around the lives of two best friends, Antonia & Sophia, from 1928-1948. It tells the story of how they grew up together and within the wall of the "family", an Italian mafia group which is lead initially by a man only known as Uncle Tony. The girls face dilemmas together including the death of Antonia's father, the rise of Sophia's father to power, falling in love with family men, building a family, having children, and choosing a career path.

The writing of this novel was captivating. I highly recommend the audio of this one. I also loved that this mafia, historical fiction centered around women instead of men. Unique Perspective!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Violence