Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Nightfall by Penelope Douglas

5 reviews

nineinchnails's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

this was by far my favourite in the series. if the whole book was them in blackchurch it might've been like 4.5 stars or higher because i really loved the vibes and the dynamics there - it kinda reminded me why i love reading RH because my favourite RH series are actually pretty similar vibes wise.

i think being able to personally relate to a lot of emmy's experience made the book hit a lot harder for me than the others in this series, because PD managed to portray how it feels to walk on eggshells like that surprisingly accurately. the prose isn't amazing and there were a few spelling/grammar issues (nowhere near as bad as a lot of other DR tho imo) but i found the flashbacks so moving. in most of the other books i found the flashback chapters a bit of a chore to read but i was tearing through these!

i liked damon even more in this book. it might be because his "friendship" with emory felt realistic and pretty natural (especially compared to rika in kill switch lol) so it less like a character assassination than in his book. speaking of rika, i liked her a lot more in nightfall - she also felt more authentic than she did in kill switch! for some reason a lot of alex's scenes and interactions felt somewhat forced or out of character and i can't put a finger on why exactly. there seemed to be a big emphasis on her relationship with will and their past hookups to the point it felt like overkill but

her with aydin was perfect and i'm really relieved they ended up together

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i really liked the characterisation in this book and ended up liking the new characters way more than i expected. i was scared i'd end this book not caring about emmy and will's relationship since he's been obsessed with her since like the first book but it was developed well + i could understand why they fell in love. however, the last bit of the book (and the epilogue) fell a little flat for me and i'm not sure why, other than the pacing. i think it might be because there was so many characters together it was just a lot to keep track of, or something like that? anyways in regards to the 

train scene i'm so glad damon gave all the guys a little discipline bc i thought he was just witnessing that and it disturbed me a little that he was cool with all that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Death, Suicide, Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, Child abuse, Cursing, and Physical abuse

kenna__suan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.0

thank fuck i finally finished

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Grief, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

coligmueller's review against another edition

3.0

The book was ruined because they spent too much time trying to round out the series (which they did not do well) rather than focusing on Will and Emory. Also the complete 180 with Alex and Aydin was ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

romanysky's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Police brutality