Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

13 reviews

hedyharper's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Bullying

sophiemartin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

mckiheather's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent

dreamerfreak's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, and Death of parent

prufrockpreptooth's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

Nostalgia when you hold on us ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

bellaq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Definitely recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

lilshelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I actually quite liked this one! Refreshing after the Miserable Mill. The Quagmires were lovely characters that I had completely forgotten about, so discovering them again on my adult read through was wonderful. I deeply enjoyed the friendships between the orphaned sibling groups. The plot still has many incompetent adults who never listen to the kids, but the interactions of the Baudelaires and Quagmires made up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

every adult is so incompetent and horrible oh my GOD......

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Grief, Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

joisaddler's review against another edition

mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse