Reviews tagging 'Death'

The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker

31 reviews

cartbark's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Death

zoraleigh's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Addiction, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

marpaige's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Abandonment, Death, and Emotional abuse

shirtypantser's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, and Abandonment

lizardgod's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Bullying, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Medical trauma

killmoore_'s review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Cursing, and Violence

bluemc's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

lexx_reads's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

Very heavy with a hopeful ending. Bleak and dark through out. Find yourself simultaneously hoping for the main character and disliking them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Vomit

danid23's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

mayasr's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

made me sob to think of the neglected children who just need to be loved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

abused child kills two toddlers