Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee

86 reviews

jlswitchblades's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

Adrian. AAAAADRIAN. unfortunately fell into a slump with audiobooks but i came back around to finish this series. Quite possibly my favorite of the Montague siblings and their books. plotwise,

I still wish felicity were a girl kisser (and i wish there was more percy)

but the book held my attention once i got into the groove of it. and i made at least one franklin expedition joke to myself. a delight 🧭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

nklimczak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Physical abuse, Slavery, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

disnelyse's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse

violetbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Colonisation

kmoz's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent

oddio's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

themdash's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

offthecarousel_'s review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective

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

4.5

Mackenzi Lee has punched me in the face with all three of these books in a way that's made me examine how I perceive the world. I love it. I love the glimpses (through his anxiety) we see of how the other characters view Adrian. These booka are so fun, and Adrian perfectly embodies the youngest sibling, I adore him. I also appreciate the connection he made with the other younger brother, Saad.

I do think that this one fell a little short in terms of character development, compared to the first two books. I kept waiting for it to dive into more detail about how he learned to live with his anxiety, but it ended up leaving that as more of an afterthought. I wish we'd gotten a bit more of that, but I still enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Vomit

clara_h39's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

This might be my favorite of the series. I didnt expect the third book to be such a time skip to Adrian but honestly it provides a lovely view into how the characters I previously fell in love with continued in their lives. Though I wish there was ten more books spanning the time skip. Adrian’s experience with mental illness is explored in detail and how it affects him on their daring adventure. At times the descriptions were very intense and I had to put down the book because it was too close to home, but overall it was a fantastic portrayal of anxiety disorders and OCD. I am so proud of Adrian and I really enjoyed watching him develop in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Slavery, Vomit, and Murder