Reviews tagging 'Injury/injury detail'

Fable, by Adrienne Young

18 reviews

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment and Kidnapping

extrafolklore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Violence, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, and Torture

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

FIRST READ OF 2023! FABLE has been recommended to me in some capacity for a few years. When I saw that the audiobook was available I decided to borrow it to start my year off with a light read. I'm going, to be frank, and say that I didn't like the first half of the book. It felt basic and cliche and nothing really captured my attention. The second half of the book was a pleasant upturn. I quite enjoyed the character of Fable in the second half despite the fact that I thought she was a bit basic in the beginning. The crew of the Marigold was also a highlight that helped me stay. Saint is an interesting character. I definitely think that I'll be reading the second book when I get the time, but for now, onto the next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

shannnne's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Grief

katiev9beb5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Torture, Child death, and Physical abuse

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Injury/injury detail and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this well enough! It was a quick read and some parts were fun. The twist was good - I thought it would go a different way! I liked the characters. I think there were just some things that bugged me. The characters aren't very well developed for how many there are - I had to keep reminding myself who the hell Hamish was 😅 I think there was too much "keeping secrets" and it made the characters under developed. And I obviously haven't read the second book but I feel like things could have been cut to be one book... 

My biggest annoyance? Fable continually refers to her mom by her first name which I found so weird for a teen. It made sense for her dad but not for her mom, who she was close to and lost... 
Anyways. If I can find the second book inexpensive then I might read it 😅

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Vomit

her's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Child death, and Injury/injury detail

lixard's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

• fascinating world
  • there are very severe consequences and Young doesn't hold back on very violent maiming and murdering
  • but simultaneously there is some ya-fantasy-main-character-syndrome hand-waving to explain away some plot points
  • i don't Greatly mind but it would've been nice to see complete grittiness and them actually facing problems that they aren't insanely suited towards solving
• im interested in seeing how those not in this industry treat their children? like if they're just a baker's kid, do their parents still neglect and emotionally traumatize them? 
• sheepishly, i am kinda more interested in the other characters besides the main 2 
  • Spoiler

    the guy fell too fast with 000 interaction and then their buildup was literally only looks and touches. their few conversations were already so tense with "chemistry" that came almost out of nowhere 
  • where is the sister gonna go after this? how was it like those years she had to stay with her mom before ML came back for her?
  • how did the two others meet and end up together and what is the social climate for their relationship?
  • their stories just seem more compelling to me without the trope-y ya romance-ness ig
  • i also hope for more actual found family and not just smirks and bullying of fable, ouch

 I loved her with a love that broke me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual violence

taelights's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

I did enjoy the setting, plot, conflicts, and characters in this. Those elements really got me hooked to the book and made listening to it very enjoyable. 

But, I hated the romance elements. Honestly I thought Fable and West had no chemistry at all. Like Fable has a huge crush on West throughout the book but I never bought her feelings for him and other than his looks didn't understand why she liked him so much. I also thought their interactions had basically zero chemistry and felt really forced. Fable had a lot more actual chemistry with Willa who would have been such a better love interest for her. Yet another book where the cishet romance is boring and falt and the possible queer romance that authors refuse to acknowledge would have been 10 times better and more interesting. 

It wasn't a bad book and I will probably listen to the sequel one day. I'm not dying to read it but this was a solid short read that I did enjoy though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/injury detail, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual content