Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

5 reviews

bhictoria's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Rape

jadejade's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

Fascinating read, I actually cried at the end of this one. I was worried I might get lost with the time jumps and large cast but I was able to follow fine, so props to the author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Racism, Death, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Death of parent, Addiction, and Confinement

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Abortion, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bejf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Genocide, Death of parent, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Colonisation

sian's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Grief, Racial slurs, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, Child death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Addiction, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Torture, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment