Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Good Samaritan by John Marrs

4 reviews

mairi99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Bullying

jlcannon's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

3.5

This book is depressing… there is absolutely no brevity in it and it feels very one note. That being said, after about 150 pages of thorough reading I switched to skimming and actually enjoyed the rest of the book. If you can get over the soul-crushing subject matter and events, there’s some fun twists and turns in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Rape, Drug abuse, and Bullying

toniibelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Death of parent