Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc

4 reviews

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

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!!!