Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Shadows by Alex North

17 reviews

opplecopter's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Animal death

cozmicdotcom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Dementia, Animal death, and Alcohol

cyndi1966's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Death, Suicide, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Dementia, Mental illness, Animal death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Bullying

chloebear21's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Child death, Blood, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Animal death

antimony's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

didn't really feel much of anything while reading this like i did not often care. it was readable but the only character i cared one bit about was jenny (SPEAKING OF JENNY THOUGH....that plot twist CERTAINLY got me. i was not expecting that). my shock at said plot twist was probably the most emotion i felt throughout the book but like i didn't dislike it. it was just ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

haleybre's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child death, Death, Dementia, Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

belysagan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, Dementia, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Body horror

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Paul has not been to his hometown for 25 years. Now his mother is in hospice, and he’s back to face his past. 

The story is told in Paul’s perspective both now and in the past. We also hear from Amanda, a detective who is working on a similar case that gets connected with the past Paul has been trying to avoid. 

The book is okay. I didn’t predict everything and it was definitely a bit creepy. But nothing really stood out to me as anything special. 

Two fathers in the Army who end up dying? One couldn’t be in a different military branch? I know it was decades apart but I had to read the page with Michael’s father again because for some reason I thought he was James’/Charlie’s father who committed suicide, thinking maybe he had faked it or something? I get it now, but the motivation behind Michael’s father murdering people was weird and there were two many twists to have smaller characters have the same defining trait of being in the Army.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Dementia

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

yomireads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was genuinely spooked reading this book and the plot twists were spectacularly well foreshadowed, and yet unexpected. The resolution felt a little anticlimactic, but it still felt satisfying and tied the loose ends nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Torture, Terminal illness, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, and Homophobia