Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

21 reviews

thealmightykatt's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

nia82's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Grief

luc_223's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Addiction, Grief, and Chronic illness

elys3's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Murder, Child death, Sexism, Blood, Chronic illness, Grief, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

rowan2323's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Content Warnings: child death, misogyny, racism, body horror, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Addiction, Child death, Classism, and Misogyny

emsies's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Frankenstein meets Jurassic Park, but make it gay(er).

It's totally the Loch Ness monster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Miscarriage, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

jenropell's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Racial slurs, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

natahoochie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Coulda been gayer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical content, Racism, Child death, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Chronic illness, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

burnourhistory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

hmatt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I love the concept of this novel: it's very original and a fun gothic take on historical fiction for the classical lit nerds. It does drag a bit in the middle for me, so I think it could have been shorter. The queer rep is there but only just barely, honestly, and I wish it had been explored more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Animal death, Grief, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent