Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

98 reviews

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

nrdrinz's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief

marisabenn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book made me into a shell of a person for a whole week. I was drained. This book is so heavy, but so so good. It was hard to read at times, but the writing is so beautiful I kept going. A unique and beautiful story from tragedy. It is graphic and hard from the very first chapter. Susie Salmon will be with me forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

sarah_24's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

The whole book felt like I was waiting for something to happen. The last 30 pages of the book were awful, I did not feel like it lived up to what was expected. Wish I would have avoifed the book and even the movie was bleh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

beeslippers's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Racism

readerintheruemorgue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death

hunkydory's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Medical content, Stalking, and Alcoholism

ninjasunknown's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape