Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

5 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

czoltak's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

My least favorite from this author so far. The premise and initial set up were super intriguing, but after that it got super repetitive, confusing, and boring. Also that ending was absolutely not for me. I can tell there are people who will love and really vibe with this, I’m just unfortunately not one of them.

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Content Warnings

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

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