Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

9 reviews

idk_indigo's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

The fact that Henry and Claire met when she was 6 years old made me pretty uncomfortable throughout most of the novel; I found myself struggling to accept their relationship as, like, not weird and gross for pretty much most of the story. However, towards the end I was still feeling the reservation, however, I still empathized with the relationship. If that makes sense.

I found myself comparing this book to One Day by David Nicholls. Both are a sort of disastrously troubled romance and then both end in an inevitable tragedy. Both are absolutely heartwrenching, but I think the fact that you sort of know what's going to happen the whole book makes this one just so much more heartbreaking. Definitely less of the shock factor than with One Day, but I feel like, just, jeez wow. Especially because there's lowkey a moment where you're like omg maybe it won't happen but then you're like oh never mind it probably will... then okay shit yeah it most definitely will and the fact that it's just a matter of when is so devastating anyways ...

Anyways I am sad once again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Pregnancy

silvia_henry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

flowers_and_cows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The story of Clare and Henry was surprisingly easy to follow, even with all of Henry's time traveling. A great story, and the ending left me wanting and wishing that there was more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

fishgulper's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

olivia_goode's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

This made me cry, quite a lot. I think the romance was sort of helpless, like they both know it’s predestined and can’t help it. But I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

georgiatheresa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Yikes. The author sure is good with words, but otherwise this is awful. A pretentious, cliche, and boring man travels through time to groom and rape his future wife. Just yuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Death of parent

laurao's review against another edition

dark tense

2.75

I like time travel.  I'm glad we've got a female protagonist.  It sucks that our protagonist decides all she wants to do is wait around while life bleeps and bloops around her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Miscarriage

anne152's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, and Classism