Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent

45 reviews

caralawless's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Trafficking, and Grief

enzopudge's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Child abuse, Rape, War, Blood, Death, and Grief

avacyn731's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I might have enjoyed it more if the backstory for the MMC was not too dark. As someone who has family with mental illness, I felt that this was a horrible parallel. Definitely avoid if you suffer from mental illness or it is your trigger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

jennalwiegand's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this story! I love the main characters, Max and Tis have a great dynamic, and I really love their growing relationship. Max is a refreshing MMC who is grumpy, traumatized, and badass.  Tis has overcome so much and is still soft, while being a badass and trying to protect everyone. She's a classic heroine, but she actually seems to ask for help sometimes AND doesn't run into situations alone if she can manage it. The plot is interesting, there are alot of morally gray characters, as well as a super interesting magic system. It's not as fleshed out as say a high fantasy novel, but the world-building and magic system are relatively easy to understand and very intriguing! I honestly can't wait to dive into the second book. I'm very glad that this is a completed series, because if I had to wait I would be really upset. 

PLEASE check the trigger warnings for this book. There is a wide range of things that are described versus things that are mentioned as background events, but it could be very bad if you go in without warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Child death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Misogyny, Violence, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual content, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual content

romywrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Rape

carlacea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Cursing, Grief, Torture, Violence, Blood, Classism, War, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Slavery, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

elee353's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Did not love the book, it was very cliché & it was difficult to follow the main love story/interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Slavery, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Grief, War, Violence, and Torture

sadiaa's review

adventurous

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

taryn_g's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Trafficking, Grief, Torture, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.75

“Men want power because it makes them feel good. Women want power because it lets them do things.”

This was quite easy to read and the world-building didn't feel like a big info dump. I’m still kind of confused with the magic system so I hope more info on that is shown in the next book/s.

Tisaanah was such a strong character and I can’t help but root for her in whatever she does. Murder? Revenge? Proving men wrong? I will be in the back cheering. Max’s character was also good, and he had such great development in my opinion. I just want to wrap these two in a blanket and give them a big hug for all they’ve been through, and all they’re about to go through. I loved that the romance between them was a slow burn. They developed a strong friendship and trusted each other with their deepest and darkest secrets first before anything romantic happened to them.

I’m really excited to read the rest of the books because I need more of Tisaanah and Max. Also, special mention to Sammerin and Moth because I found them really funny.

I listened to the audiobook for this but I didn’t like the male narrator, sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and War