Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

65 reviews

seforaflorian's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

romeroreads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

r_bridie_e's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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An epic story full of romance, adventure, and drama! While a large read, I found myself fully immersed in the story and our wide cast of characters! I was interested, I was scared, I was happy, and I was sade while reading this. I’m surprised this hasn’t been adapted to TV yet. I recommend a read; don’t let the size deter you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Colonisation

kat1105's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

soph22's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No words, just… I love it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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In a book that is so dark for the majority of its (very numerous) pages, I found the ending to be incredibly hopeful and joyous. Although the romantic in me hoped

that Dantes and Mercedes would end up together

. Surprisingly, I found very little of this book to be superfluous; indeed, it was very satisfying to watch the Count weave his complicated web of revenge. I found myself rooting for unlikely heroes, and marveling at the tangled mess where these characters lives had intertwined. I was also utterly surprised and delighted to see two queer characters who find a happy end in this book! Altogether worth the read, even though it was a long time coming for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, War

chocolatethief's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Classism

jowashere's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

doodeedoda's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Slavery, Alcohol

jomarie's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Imma be honest: I didn't know much of what was going on and really couldn't keep most of the names straight. I only knew a vague outline of the plot after watching the movie adaption years ago and, since they take roughly the same amount of time, I'd pick the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent