Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Whispers of You by Catherine Cowles

9 reviews

moodreadererin's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

ali_sun's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Violence

cozyreader9752's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Abandonment, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Kidnapping

daisycantread24's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Kidnapping

caseybykindlelight's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, and Grief

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Goddd, this one was painful but also so, so, good. Wren and Holt's story is full of tragedy and I could really understand both of their ways of dealing with happened. I love how Holt never stopped fighting to get Wren back and of course, how protective he constantly was 🤭 Can already tell I'll love all the characters in this series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, and Sexual content

crose84's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Gun violence, Violence, Abandonment, and Grief

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

for me, this one was just okay … and I feel like this is an unpopular booksta opinion 😅

I’m very much in my romantic suspense era - so I’ve been scouring for book recs and this one has been all over booktok and booksta so delaney and I decided to give it a try!! and sadly, it didn’t live up to the hype for us 😭😭

the romance plot was very chaotic and borderline cringey for me. wren had her heart broken 10 years ago by her childhood sweetheart holt, and now that he’s back in town determined to win over her heart, she just … gives in? like where was the groveling? where was the explanation of each other’s feelings and hurt over ten freaking years? 

what really kept me going was the suspense plot, though! I loved super sleuthing the whodunnit, and while the ending wasn’t my favorite conclusion, I was racing through the chapters to figure out what happened next!! however, I do feel that the author threw in elements of surprise just to screw with the readers’ minds too 🤔

overall, I did enjoy reading this one a lot, but it’s not memorable to me. I may or may not continue this series - stay tuned!

rating: 3 stars
wine pairing: napa valley zinfandel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Kidnapping