Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

95 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Stalking

midnightbelles's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

It took me a while to sit down and read this fully but when I finished I was glad I did. I enjoyed this despite boarder-line having an anxiety attack after every mention of Mr.Harvey. I think it’s a well written Book however and I would recommend reading it. Despite it being really sad and heartbreaking it was interesting to read about the Salmon family and to experience this loss with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Torture

edenangus's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Racism

pumpkinpiechey's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy

travelthrupages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

lucys_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

limina's review against another edition

I remember wanting to read this when it came out when I was in middle school. When I finally got around to it, I was just disappointed. It's very slow, and doesn't seem to have much of a point. None of it was compelling whatsoever. The movie was just as unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Child death, Death, and Grief

bookflix's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Rape, Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

faizoo's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape

Moderate: Infidelity and Grief

hannah_gingersnap's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, and Torture