Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

32 reviews

heidi_fischer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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: Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Murder

catell's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Suicide, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexism, Infidelity, Grief, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Rape, Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

libkatem's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Violence, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Suicide

mollymadworld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

5.0

Heartbreaking, strong woman fighting to survive in a world not built for them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Deportation, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Abortion, Death of parent, Drug use, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide

garciaga's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I'm so disappointed by this book, I really hoped I would like it. The plot is just a list of horrible things happening to women. The main character is supposed to be smart, and willing to do anything to regain her freedom, and yet, she has barely any agency. You could argue that it is more character driven then, which I would be fine with, but all of them feel so surface level and one dimensional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Misogyny, Slavery, Death of parent, Rape, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Abortion

secunda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

4.75

This book is incredible! As a Classics student, I’m really put off by historical fiction with glaring  inaccuracies, but I didn’t sense any within this book. It obviously reminded me a lot of walking through Pompeii, but also of reading Ovid’s Amores as well. If you’re a fan of Pompeii, Ovid, Roman Comedy, or women in antiquity, I highly recommend giving this a read. My only critique was that the dialogue didn’t always feel like what a Roman would say, but based on interviews with the author, that seems to have been intentional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Death, Trafficking, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Confinement, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming

eelizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Child death, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Classism, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lottselgar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.75

never felt more attached to a group of women who work in a brothel before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Body shaming, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Death of parent, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

motherofbears's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

Devastatingly beautiful and sad. You can tell a lot of care went into the research for this book, you get a view into what life was like for slaves in Pompeii (often terrible). I couldn’t put it down and read most of it over a couple days.

I took away a tiny bit because the ending felt a little tied up with a bow, but knowing this is book one of a trilogy makes me hopeful for more development in the future.

This is historical fiction at it’s most literary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Miscarriage, Child death, Abortion, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Death of parent

leahkarge's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Ableism, Excrement, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Slavery, Suicide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief