Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

88 reviews

kyeruhh's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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

3.25

I had a difficult time getting into this book. I struggled to connect with the characters and the magic system confused me a bit. I did start to enjoy it more as the relationship between Eammon and Red developed, and I liked the ending for the most part, but it just felt like something was missing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Self harm

luceeefur's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

Minor: Death of parent

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Loved this fairytale retelling weaves with great worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and tense court intrigue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Torture, Alcohol, Confinement, Abandonment, Grief, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, and Self harm

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

saurahsaurus's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Murder, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Gore, and Violence

karelidz's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

FINALLYY! after a 2month reading slump I finally finished a book!
It was really good, though i wouldn't call it a favorite. 
It's a mix between Beauty & the Beast retelling and something else. It's its own thing.
I liked it, I found it entertaining and I really felt inside the story. My only complaints would be that sometimes i would get lost in the descriptions of what was happening and I had to backtrack a bit. Some of the decriptions were not very clear to me. 
Also, (but this is a me problem), I didnt really like when we switched pov's to her sister. I understand why and that it had to happen to move the story along but those were my least favorite parts of the book.

That being said, i don't think i'll read book 2, just because I feel like it ended in a kind of good note (at least for me).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Sexual content, and Death

bluelillybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

In shock, no words, many feelings

I've recovered and here's a review:

My reading experience was definitely a rollercoaster: I went from being super excited to bored to interested to mildly annoyed to captivated and emotional. Save to say the last 20% of the book made my rating go from 3 to a very decent 4 stars. It's easy to fall into the fiction as you follow the characters and the atmosphere - which plays a character of its own throughout the book- is strong from the start. The author lost me for a while in the middle when there just weren't enough things going wrong; too much exposition at a point where you would expect action. So I was all the more happily surprised when the story picked up speed, I suddenly got attached to the characters and promising subplots finally thickened.

Whitten's writing style is right up my ally and I immediately clicked with the fluent storytelling, pretty metaphors and clever allusions. The way the Wilderwood is both setting and character pleases the literature student within me and it is just beautifully and cleverly done. But I wish there were more synonyms for words like "root" and "vine" because girl we got it after the 1726th time.

There was.. a lot of blood though. Like /a lot/. The plot revolves around blood. So big big trigger warning there. I guess that's why this book really walks the line between YA fiction and fantasy.

That makes it a ⭐⭐⭐⭐ star rating for me! I did really enjoy For the Wolf and I'll be reading its sequel For the Throne without a doubt. Thanks for getting me out of a reading slump Whitten!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I had a hard time getting into this, but once Red started to bond more with the Wolf and the others living in the forest it became a lot more interesting. I liked these characters a lot and I understood and sympathized with their motivations. I enjoyed the feeling of found family with their little crew and

the people who lived on the other side of the forest, cut off from the world but very self sufficient.

  I had a harder time with the interlude chapters. I really hated what was going on with Neve and the characters around her. Overall, though, I enjoyed the fantasy and fairy tale feeling of the story and was happy to have read it. I listened to it on audiobook and it was okay, the narrator was fine but I may have preferred reading it myself since I could have glossed over the parts that didn't interest me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

sirkeili's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow, this book really just drew me in and didn't let me go until I finally finished it.  How do I even begin to describe this book?

I love how this tale is Little Red Riding Hood meets Beauty and the Beast, and yet it holds its own in both regards. Red's character feels both remarkably insular to the fairy tale heroine, and yet she also is so much more.

However, this story is also about love, and how far one will go for it. Red for Eammon - and him for her - as well as how far Red and Neve will go for one another. Making deals with gods and ancient beings alike, just to ensure the other is safe, whatever the price may be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Blood, Violence, War, Confinement, Death, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Classism