Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

48 reviews

frekdal's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Violence

kateb22's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

corporealmystic's review

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

aas's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Kidnapping, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

cait_demorato's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Drug use, Murder, Miscarriage, Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

radhi_inthelibrary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

THIS BOOK. WOW. I was pulling my hairs out, grinding my teeth, rushing through the pages and having to back track because I couldn't remember what I was reading and the details were a blur. This was that kind of book. And it's been a long, long time since I had read anything that made me cling to the edge of my seat, had me taking breaks from reading and running around the house to process what I had just read. AHHHH I cannot, it was THAT good!!!

Ok, that was mostly my emotions haha, but seriously it was soooo good in sooo many different ways. I mean the plot twists kept twisting left and right! One moment I had made conclusions and in the next moment I had to erase all the ideas formulating in my head, because there were other things at hand, evidence that pointed in all sorts of directions. And omggg the way I was mentally screaming at the fmc (arghhh I want to cryyy)!!! I thought her soooo dumb and stupid for some of the decisions she made, but somehow all of that stupidity worked out and I was so glad for her initial dumb decisions XD. At other times, she made smart moves that definitely did not work for her and made me understand why she continued to resort to those dumb ones lol. As for the ending, I did not see it coming at. all. whatsoever. You know, throughout the book I thought i was the smart one, because I thought I had figured mystery books out...LMAO I was soooo wrong - I definitely DO NOT have them figured out >_< .

Anyway, go read this. Like right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Murder

chasingpages1's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, and Violence

kunthearelinski's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Abandonment, Death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, and Murder

rebeccaelizabeth94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

This was a pretty good mystery I thought I knew where it was going but each twist and turn surprised me. I could feel myself following the trail of clues that Chloe was following. I wish I could say I never believed Daniel was the killer. But I fell down that path too. I did however think that her mom was spelling dad not Daniel with the tiles. I wish we could have heard more from her mom and her silent story. The story line about Daniel’s sister was a little out there for my taste but I appreciated the attention to detail here. All in all it was a good story that kept me coming back for more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

ravenpuff's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm