Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain

2 reviews

thealienamongus's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Medical content, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Homophobia, Child death, and Colonisation

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

josie9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

only read to listen to katie mcgrath’s voice for 11 hours and 57 minutes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Excrement