Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

7 reviews

nerdkitten's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, War, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Sexism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

mandi_lea's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Genocide, Colonisation, Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Death

witchythey's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

A classic, glad I finally got to read it!  Ray Bradbury's writing style is simply excellent. Off to think about mankind's folly..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Sexism, War, Gun violence, Grief, and Colonisation

tumbly_weed's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment, Grief, War, Violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

cviii's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Colonisation, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and War

emmariana97's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

b_caligari's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: War