Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Very Bad People by Kit Frick

11 reviews

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Murder

allisonsmith120's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

onemamareads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/very-bad-people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Bullying, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

gssll_lpz's review

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity and Bullying

Minor: Death

georgiemay7's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia

junefish's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Grief, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Murder, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Death

Adult/minor relationships are repeatedly mentioned as a core plot element but without details.

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

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

2.75

This book was very underwhelming. It had an unsatisfying ending and just generally fell flat. I can see what the author was going for, but it didn't deliver. It wasn't super predictable in some ways but in others it was way too predictable. Overall just meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Murder

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

I feel like this had so much potential, with the two mysteries unraveling at the same time, with so much possible connection between them. There's a lot of build up in the first half of the book, but it almost feels like Frick didn't know where to go with the second half. For me, none of the solutions to the mysteries felt completely satisfying, and it didn't necessarily go in the direction I was expecting. Which isn't always bad, but I think a different direction would have been more satisfying.

For the most part, the characters were well developed (well, at the main ones). Nico was probably my favorite, and he deserved so much better. There's a lot of great boarding school intrigue, and you'll enjoy this if you like secret societies and mysteries surrounding them. Even if you're lead astray by the mystery.

Overall, the first half of this is enjoyable, but the second half is a bit of a letdown.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Bullying

caidyn's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

Another good read from this author. I enjoyed it, but I felt that it was so split at the same time. I loved the story of a teen trying to find out what happened the day her mother died. Then I also loved the story of a girl joining a secret club and getting roped into things she never imagined. But combining them together? It felt some elements were lost.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

inkdrinkershorde's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident