Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

32 reviews

karolinaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Gore, Sexual content, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Confinement, Addiction, Abortion, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Ableism, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Murder, Genocide, Body horror, Antisemitism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Rape, Excrement, Infidelity, Classism, Cursing, Infertility, and Misogyny

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abortion, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I would give a higher rating, but I had such difficulties reading the middle part before the tension was solved. Too much misery is about to happen and you know it. 

I have to say I like the two stories intertwined, and always looked forward to Charlie’s parts. Not that it was better written, but really to relax a little.

The author’s notes are really good and add an extra dimension  to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

landawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Murder, and Gun violence

1undercover's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Historical fiction is usually not my bag, but I loved this book. I listened to the audio book and enjoyed so much the story about two women working through anger, pain, and responsibility for war. Great catharsis and a little bit of romance. Obviously, this book deals with some heavy topics so watch out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

mendthecat's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

The Alice Network is told through 2 POVs: Eve's and Charlie's. When reading reviews of this book I noticed a great number of people stating they preferred Eve's and, after having read it, I would 100% agree. In fact, Charlie could have been removed from the story and not much would have changed. Personally, I don't find her character added much, I don't see what her purpose in the grand scheme of things was. Adding to that, her part of the story was too predictable. Within her first few chapters, if not the first, you can guess how things are going to end for her and her part of the plot. At last, I just want to make a little comment on how unnecessary the romance was; the need people feel of adding romance to every single thing  (not just books) is annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Minor: Rape, Abortion, Suicide, and Child death

katgoetzzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A historical fiction novel that spans across World War 1 and just after World War 2. The story is told from 2 different perspectives. One focuses on experiences during World War 1, and the other is set during “modern day” (1947 for the this book). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Detailed description of Evelyn’s torture to try to get her to break and reveal classified information (she’s a spy in France during World War 1).

alyreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Abortion and Antisemitism

Minor: Child death

badmanbythesea's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Violence, Physical abuse, Ableism, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Child death

Minor: Suicide

karinahull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, and Gun violence