Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa

7 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

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

3.0

Expected to like this one more. It was a good enough book, but a good solid read nonetheless and tons on cultural learning available.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

snapshotsofabookishlass's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jouljet's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Genocide, Suicide, and War

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, War, Suicide, Grief, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

clarabooksit's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Suicide

alaa_ilikecats's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

plukevs's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault