Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc

10 reviews

serenedancer's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought this was okay but nothing special for the first half and then in the second half it got much more interesting. 

Overall, I found this was an interesting exploration of disability, grief and how people interact with both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent

erinbrenner's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury

k0n0's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I picked this up thinking it was either going to be a retelling or a trashy monster romance but it surprised me. It was both and neither of those things and something so much more. Post apocalypse, Greek mythology, fairy tale, exploration of grief, and coming to terms with one's true self all wrapped up into one. This is probably one of this best books I've read in 2023. I feel like in a post covid world this book just hits differently than if it had been published only a few years prior. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

mollyrook's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was intrigued by this book, but I didn’t ever really connect with it. I didn’t really buy any of the relationships in the book, and I didn’t think it ended up anywhere particularly satisfying. I did really like the fairy tales woven throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

Almost everyone dies at the start of the book. Pregnancy is a big theme, and Heather’s twin babies die horribly during the book.

selenatothemax's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence

bdingz's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, Pregnancy

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Terminal illness, Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury

for_esme_with_love's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Leduc weaves a mesmerizing fairytale around the nagging feeling that the very ground beneath us wishes humankind would go extinct. This book has an incredible concept with intriguing characters and strong dis/ability themes. Like many fairytales, The Centaur's Wife gets GRIM and I got stuck around the middle point when the characters were being put through a very slow descent into misery. I had to put it down for a few weeks. When I did pick it up again the book did have a strong ending, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to the right person!

(I don't have fully formed thoughts on this but I feel like there is something about indigeneity that is missing from this book. Curious to see if there are any takes on this.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Violence, Abortion

Not a fluffy read!!!

brogan7's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Gore, Violence, Murder

katmanica's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy