Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Irenosen Okojie, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Carthew, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan

3 reviews

nicnevin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

A wonderful collection of reimagined folk tales I had never heard of before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

questingnotcoasting's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

This was an interesting collection. My favourite stories were by Naomi Booth, Mahsuda Snaith, Imogen Hermes Gowar and Kirsty Logan and I found the introduction by Carolyne Larrington really insightful. The tales are dark, weird and unsettling. There were no stories I really disliked but there were a few I felt indifferent towards. However I appreciated the inclusion of the original tales at the end because it was really interesting to see how they were reinterpreted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcoholism

hayleysreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Read with my book club and was very enjoyable read. Lots of stories and folk tales I hadn’t heard before. Made me want to visit all these places in the UK to relive them. I especially loved the Panther story - so magical. It’s also really helpful how the original folk tales are in the back, so you can compare them with the retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Homophobia