Reviews tagging 'Death'

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

7 reviews

jenn_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, War, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Grief, and Pregnancy

moody_gobling's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.5

Seemed a lot like misery open to me. I found a lot of things to be contrived and unrealistic. I am grateful that I read it before giving it as a gift to the person I had intended to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

meixymei's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: War, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

zhelana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this book was on track for a 5 star review until the last 50 pages and after THAT ending, it is lucky it doesn't get a 1 star review. Seriously, I am pissed off. I literally said as I turned a chapter "If Duchy dies on the next page I'm throwing this book out the window" because it was so obvious that was what was going to happen, and that is such a stupid cliche "here's pearl harbor, now the love of your life is going to die." Like, you could see it happening, and you knew what was going to happen, but there were only 40 pages left of the book, so you keep reading. And like it was such a pointless death and so cliche. The first 300 pages of this book were great, though, so if you don't mind a random pointless death at the end, go for it. But I am beyond annoyed with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death and Child death

nagoatsis's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

emma_deeter's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

abbimarie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

Minor: War, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, and Abandonment