Reviews tagging 'Grief'

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

6 reviews

flaminggecko's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Body horror, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Animal death, Classism, and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Classism, Death of parent, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Unreliable narrator, reality called into quest, inte se doubt

ilaxaria's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Incest

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What a pleasant surprise, I didn't expect to love this book so much. 
This is a creepy, atmospheric gothic haunted house story with queer representation, really good themes and a satisfying ending. There are not many of those out there. 
Although it's YA, it's also very dark. It deals with violence against girls, and there is gore. I would recommend for the upcoming spooky season, if you haven't read it yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Gore, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

sunshinestark's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Child death

bookishsapphicshay's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Child death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Misogyny