Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Phone Box at the End of the World by Laura Imai Messina

43 reviews

elisacarlene's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5


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hausofabibliophile's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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sammyemma's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

2.75

This book has an interesting premise and the writing style is unique and easy to digest. Whilst I never struggled to pick up this book, I never felt overly attached to the characters or the overall story. A quick, average read for me.

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bookncatnerd's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.5


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aliciagriggs's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

A wonderful novel to inspire, give hope, and make you pause to reflect. It tackles the subject of grief, in its different forms in a beautiful and respectful way. I really liked all the characters in the novel- I didn't get annoyed by any of them, which is quite a feat! 
The heavy (trigger warning content) topics are done so in a way that still allows the book to remain hopefully and light-hearted. So this isn't a book that will drag you down, in fact, it is to buoy you up. 
Loved it. 

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e_f_p21's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75


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robatansky's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75


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mandi_lea's review against another edition

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

2.5


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annie_bordeaux's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.0

this book captures humanity and grief amazingly. 

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