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adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
Carlos Ruiz Zafon was a genius at writing mysterious, gothic stories capable of melting the hardest heart.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Violence
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Medical content, Murder
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
So beautiful. I don't want to give anything away - the writing is poetic, drawing you onto the streets of Barcelona and you can't help but be enamoured by Oscar and Marina. The story explores love, family, friendship, loss, and all the ways in which we process grief. Read it!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-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
An early Zafron - this book is a YA about Oscar his relationship with Marina and her father Germán.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence
involves young death
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As a tale about life and death, about the drive to stop and reverse the inevitable decay of our own bodies, Marina is a tense imaginative mystery with elements of Frankenstein woven into it, although the “scientist” did not create the monster but instead became his own monstrous creation. One brief particular scene at the end brought to mind Nina from Full Metal Alchemist.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical trauma