Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Gothikana by RuNyx

27 reviews

jshawreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I really do not know where to start with this book. This has potentially been the most conflicted I have ever felt after reading a book. Elements were fantastic, the gothic setting, the unsettling quasi-magical phenomena, the bloody mystery of a cult. Sadly, elements were absolutely terrible, one of the worst cases of insta-love I have ever seen, paired with gratuitous, and sometimes quite repetitive sex scenes, and possibly the worst ending to a book in a good while.

Now, I dont mind a bit of spice in my fiction... But when the spice is just purely "This is my p***y now", "slam, slam, slam" and the main characters thighs being "soaked", along with the worst phrase I have ever read (and it came up twice) "Her nipples pebbled" it just comes off as tacky. Gratuitous sex and poorly written, supposedly romantic, moments really detracted from the actual plot. If the sub-plot of romance was gone, this book would have been infinitely better. 

This is a real shame, this book could have been excellent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

abbiexhope's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Incest

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

mhhmm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

 5⭐
 ❇I can't give 10⭐, so I give 5⭐
 ✴This book is my new favorite and I'm obsessed with her, absolutely in love! 

✴The dark academia vibe, this book is giving me is now one of my favorites, and I didn't even know I will like it that much, that I need it that much! 

❣The characters were interesting and had something in them, that I got addicted to from a few chapters: 

❣Corvina is such a strong character and we can see her character development! Also, she is interested in all her witchy things and these voices in her head! It was so interesting to read and  I don't know if she saw shadows, heard voices, or all this was her imagination, and these things never happened.
 I just wanted Corvina to not give up that easily to Vad, she could torture him with waiting sometimes or something, but she was like a doll in some situations... But it wasn't a big deal, just that we could see his other side. 

❣Vad. Damn Vad...He is that character that you don't know trust him or not, and I figured him out just in the end when the story ended... He is such a secret, hot, interesting character... Damn... Also, we can see that he is cold in the beginning, but then he finds himself falling in love, and he changes... In other words character development. 

⚜The story is interesting and I didn't read anything similar. It was interesting to read about murders and wonder why they happen and what is responsible. 
⚜The plot twist, in the end, was not expected of me, and I'm very happy because there are not a lot of books where I don't figure everything out. 
⚜Maybe if I didn't read the description of the book, it would be even more interesting. But of course, I read 🙄. 

➡I'm conclusion:
 This book is my new favorite. I loved the characters and the story was interesting too, the plot twist was not expected and makes sense. 
 I'm OBSESSED with the vibe this book gives and with mysticism! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

lotte5322's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

kateskookybookblog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Rape

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Death of parent