Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

105 reviews

sage237'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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Rape and Medical content

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, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Torture, and Kidnapping

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, Rape, and Grief

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, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

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

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

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, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, 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: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Grief, and Murder

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: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, 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: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Grief