Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

65 reviews

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death, Death of parent, and War

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Confinement

Minor: Xenophobia

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Medical content, Slavery, War, Alcohol, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

ong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Reading this feels like reading poetry. How Sue Lynn Tan describes everything is just 100/10 spectacular beautiful amazing stunning. As one of chinese descent, it’s nice to finally read a fantasy book with familiar lores. From the tales to the food, the dresses and action scenes which I can easily picture in my head from years of watching asian dramas, my heart was filled with warmth the entire time.
Now onto the characters. Xingyin. Our 小星。At first so untouched by the realities of the cruel world out there, now a warrior, survivor, savior and more. Very in theme too that she was never shown what healthy love & relationships looks like so when she was thrown in a ‘love triangle’ she couldn’t made up her mind ever and felt unworthy.
Liwei. What can I say. 10/10 best of all of us.
Fuck people in power by the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Classism, War, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

kaimetcalfe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Grief, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Infidelity

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

clarabooksit's review against another edition

It’s an interesting story but the way its told isn’t: it’s too simple and repetitive in its themes, things happen too easily, and I really dislike the way the reader is given information as if the author forgot that certain things were necessary until it became too late to continue the story without that information so a random character we know little to nothing about divulges said information to the main character. No, thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Sexism

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Blood

Minor: War, Murder, and Death of parent

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? N/A

3.5

I liked this book a lot & I look forward to the second one! The characters were realistic and the plot was well crafted. The writing style was a little more simplistic than I typically prefer but I still think the writing was good. There were some pacing issues that I think could have been ironed out before publication but, overall, it was a great book to start off my year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent