Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Stargazer by Laurie Petrou

7 reviews

carlytenille's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Bullying, and Grief

heatherwardlaw's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Grief, Murder, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Abortion, and Gore

amaya_jam's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

don’t do drugs kids!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Drug use, Grief, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse

bethany_grace's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

maybe they're just gay...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Vomit, Drug use, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcohol, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion and Abandonment

whiston01's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Unlike any other 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Grief, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

anniefwrites's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book is like a creeping vine that wraps its way slowly around you until you realize you’re trapped. It’s a deeply unsettling story of two girls who form a toxic friendship, twisted in on itself by fame, ambition, and desire. Even though I feel like I saw some things coming, it still made my heart pound. Chilling in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Grief, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

drowning

kgeogheghan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

A dark, character-driven tale of friendship and fame, of pushing to get what you want, even when it means hurting people in the process of achieving your goals. 

I found this story a little repetitive. I realise it was trying to build the strong feelings and relationships throughout, and teach the author of the motivations behind the actions, but I just felt it was really hammered home in places. I enjoyed the second half much more than the first.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Toxic friendship