Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

38 reviews

protestmyboredom's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ahhh this book is so good! Light and clever with so much personality. Original but also nostalgic and a cute romance with serious issues but it doesn’t feel heavy. I love Evie and The Villain and I was so excited to have his point of view too- I squealed to myself the first time. I can wait to read more and I’m sure I’ll read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical trauma, Death, Child death, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

katipheria's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

This is such a cute book. The world building feels like a combination of fantasy and modern (there's

an accounting office within the "bad guy's" massive, castle-esque manor that's hidden by magic

) in a way that actually blends well, if a bit goofy. It doesn't take itself too seriously in that regard, but it also doesn't come across as sloppy or poorly designed.

While the overall story is quite light-hearted and even silly, there are a few heavier plot points

such as the death of a child and an attempted rape

but they are written rather tastefully and aren't dragged out or made unnecessarily explicit. 

The book does set itself up to be a series at the end by leaving a bit of a cliffhanger and plenty of loose ends. From my understanding, there will be two more books and I will definitely be picking them up when they're released.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Grief, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death and Cursing

niamhstorme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Torture, Bullying, and Child death

theespressoedition's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexism

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Child death

kay_w's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

bones_jackson's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

Nossa, muito fofo e engraçado, amei muito, e mal posso esperar pelo próximo livro, eu quero muito ver ela fazer o circo pegar fogo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Vomit

levesc17's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

3.75

The combo of office politics in a fantasy world is very funny, and the description of the book is accurate. I feel a bit bamboozled that it ends on a cliff hanger and there will be a second book, I hate waiting for sequels!!! I’ll most definitely preorder it when it is announced— have to know how this wraps up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death and Grief

allisonk9's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual harassment

clothildev's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The heroine gets the morally grey villain and also goes out for revenge, I say good for her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, and Medical content

doubletherazzle's review

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

Listened to audiobook
First 50 chapters were great office company and slow paced. I liked the sort of absurdity of the characters being villains but running a normal office. It felt sort of rom-com-y. Then I feel like the last part of the book shifted gears entirely to all (dark) plot and more stereotypical fantasy plot. I really wasn’t prepared for the sudden shift to a heavier plot. I liked the book, but it felt choppy in the sudden shift. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Blood, and Torture