Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

59 reviews

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Blood, Dementia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexism

m4rtt4's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

soooo now I've read every single book written by Karen M. McManus, and unfortunately in this case the last one was also the least. She's always been one of my favourite (YA) mystery authors, and even though this one was an okay read, it didn't live up to the standards her other works have set up. This one was just boring and hard to get into, too many names and too little action.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Car accident, Infidelity, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, and Death of parent

kar2005's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death and Murder

ilo_the_duck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Addiction, Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage and Car accident

lexa's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.75

Was a captivating read. Lots of family secrets. Lots of unlikable characters. Probably won’t stick with me for long though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Car accident, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

Drowning

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Incest

shaunaxx's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Death, Murder, Grief, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Toxic relationship and Car accident

cateemma's review against another edition

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

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Dementia, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

shiroofficial's review against another edition

3.0

Its not bad… but not particularly that interesting to me… i found it to be rather boring and draggy, except when eventually the story came together and secrets were unfolded, the concept was really good. But the book itself was draggy and a slow for me… didn’t find it captivating for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Addiction, Cursing, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Medical content

kaylaannsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, and Death of parent