Reviews

The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman

suehc's review

emotional mysterious fast-paced

jeanstromberg's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Slavery, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment, Trafficking, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Rape, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Car accident

blferdig's review

5.0

Wow. The emotions around this one. I was not expecting it to be so good.

katiecakes91's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

 You will need a box of Kleenex for this read. A whole entire box. While hard to read at times (reasons for the tissues), it was a beautifully told story. The occasional themes of unconditional love are enough to push past the atrocities our main characters have to go through. 

I have a little bit of beef with the main character not really standing up for herself, and when she chooses to it's at the worst time and she doesn't think of how everyone else will be affected. Trying to express my thoughts with no spoilers and it's coming out vague 😅.

ninasbooks57's review

5.0

This book was amazing but disturbing at the same time! I cannot believe the ignorance of people which leads to cruelty. The mental and physical abuse of the albino daughter made me so angry. It didn’t stop there- the cruelty to the animals in the circus was nauseating! Then- the ‘parents’ end up with the granddaughter and the cycle continues!! This book made me cry and yell and want to throw something

crabbytaco's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

cicidean's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

dvallee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

dch7's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Confinement, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol