Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

15 reviews

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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: Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Torture, Vomit, and Cursing

bearwithhat's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Ableism

Minor: Sexual assault, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

susanatherly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Blood

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Never underestimate the power of an autistic bitch with a special interest in faeries

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Grief, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol

bzliz's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

5.0

I’m so utterly in love with this book that I’m considering starting it again immediately until I can go get the next one tomorrow. I hesitate to call this a cozy fantasy in spite of what other reviews say, mainly because I have never encountered a cozy fantasy that has real stakes endangering characters. Likewise, faeries have never been my number one fantasy fascination (I’ve always been drawn to witches), but I may seek out more in the future because this so thoroughly enchanted me. Often the romance overtakes other genres but this felt like the perfect dose for me. 

Emily is such a rich character who is sometimes hampered by her neurodivergence but in a roundabout way it leads to a wonderful found family. Wendell is endlessly charming and I adore Poe and the villagers. Watching Emily grow to love them all and care for them in her own way (even if it wasn’t her first, second or third thought) made my heart grow three sizes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

This book omg amazing. Soft cozy academia fantasy with grumpy x sunshine and 'touch her you die' and fairies. Emily is also 100% autistic, I'm not sure if that's something the author has said and I've never seen anyone else saying that she is but reading it she absolutely is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: War, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

rowanrelph's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Body horror

Minor: Alcohol

craftysnailtail's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Blood, and Body horror

kenley11's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, and Death

dragonaion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

At first I was not taken by the "matter of fact" and neutral approach of the story. I thought the first two chapters were dry and simple, but I can attest that is the author writing the world through the eyes of the main character and is very apropos. By chapter three, I was smitten and devoured every page.
As a lover of fae of all kinds, I was tickled and delighted by the smoothness and almost natural involvement of the fae in the story. None of it was out of place (which is saying something, given the nature of some of the scenes) and it all blended and came into place perfectly. With such expressions of high fantasy, it is hard to mistake some parts

like an animal cloak that melts in the heat, but reluctantly gives the wearer what they need

as being absurd and not belonging, like suddenly seeing a majestic and shining pegasus in a normal field. This magic, however, was laced in so naturally that it naturally belonged and was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Classism, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

There are scenes that may constitute "child abuse", but the character is not technically a child but a magical creature in the shape of a child, and the "sexual content" includes barely a kiss.