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kylahken's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Phenomenal. Having lost my mother about two years ago, a very hard read, but well worth it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Death, and Grief
drellejay's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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? No
3.0
Part prose, part poem. I'm sure some nuances escaped me - but I think perhaps it goes past intellectual understanding to encounter emotion. And crow-ness.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Death
thebankofbooks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol
laurakfinnegan's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Violence
withlivjones's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I’ve never been one for annotating books but this is a book I really want to take a pencil and highlighter to because there’s just so much to it - a lot of which I’m sure went right over my head (particularly anything regarding Ted Hughes). Beautifully written with lots of feeling, it treads the line between poetry and prose.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent
chriscarvell17's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Death, Blood, and Death of parent
fanni_b22's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
sunn_bleach's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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? Yes
4.25
My favorite thing about this book is it shows how messy grief is. Grief is not a neat package of sadness -> anger -> acceptance, or however many stages there might be. Grief is disgusting, indulgent, and (occasionally) violent. This book shows that - from the cursing to the despondency to the piss and shit. And it's interwoven with absolutely heartrending statements on what it is to lose someone and the mess they leave behind. As stated early on in the book, it's an apartment of "no-longer hers", and it doesn't have the care that comes with slow illness.
Now what? I'm just supposed to go on with my day? Crow would laugh at that but also agree - both in literal and in intent.
Now what? I'm just supposed to go on with my day? Crow would laugh at that but also agree - both in literal and in intent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Gore and Sexual content
lkawulicz's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
readingtotravel's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
4.5
Insanely good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death