Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter

18 reviews

flyingwuzzle's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Gore, Death of parent, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Slavery, Alcohol, Sexual content, Incest, Child death, Abandonment, Blood, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

imds's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

lindsayflor_95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Incest, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, and Child death

purplesapphire's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

se deaI have to say, I almost DNFed this one once it was a third of the way in and nothing had seemed to happen for me. Then, one point made me stick around and the last quarter was a WILD ride. Definitely dark and sticks to the gothic genre well. Give it a longer chance than you might usually and you won't regret it. There are some good twists in there too.

I also have to say I appreciated this version of a strong female MC and women in general. They were strong, vindictive, greedy, sly, soft, smart, kind, and feminine all in one without it being forced or badly written. They were just written as real people. Then you add the witch parts, and the ghouls parts and it makes for a great tale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, and Incest

Moderate: Misogyny, Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

yvonne_does'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexism, Suicide, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death and Incest

Minor: Animal death

skrulls's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Incest, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, and Alcoholism

story_goblin's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This book was fascinating and helped me articulate something I wasn't able to before- I would love Gothic literature a lot more if the characters were more interesting. This book is exactly that/what the blurbs promised. It's a sweeping gothic fantasy with mer-people and other "monstrosities". Although nothing like myself, I found the main character to be well-constructed and engaging, so I was very invested in her journey. I was not able to fully guess all the secrets, which is always a plus for me, though the seeds were sown in the story. It reminded me just a little bit of What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo and Gallant by VE Schwab.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Murder, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Alcoholism, and Confinement

bre_hoeppner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

ashleynewman's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Felt like a fever dream. Dark gothic fantasy. Witches, mermaids, curses, twisted fairytales, abandoned mansions, sea creatures, horror, mystery. Definitely something different for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy

robinudell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Who doesn't love dark fairy tales and mermaids? I liked that a lot of little details went unexplained; it helped the world feel more real. Some parts were a little repetitive, but ultimately the story was fun and I liked spending time with Miren! The family legends woven into the narrative were lovely, and it was refreshing to see a narrative without a clear "happy ending" determined from the beginning. (Not that the ending is unhappy, just that we don't know from page 1 what Miren's "happy ever after" should or might look like.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent