Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

87 reviews

throwback682's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It’s so hard to describe this book (or even give trigger warnings) without also giving spoilers. 

I think the author did a really good job of keeping you guessing and adding plenty of twists without it being heavy handed or corny. The narrator is both deeply sympathetic and deeply unsympathetic at the same time somehow. This was one I couldn’t put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Suicide, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, and Stalking

It’s hard to give TW without spoiling but many of the major trigger warnings surround motherhood in some way

lrecord's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I listened to this book while I worked. It was easy to listen to and follow along even though I was busy with other things.

I really love how the author wrote her characters as women who made good choices, bad choices and everything in-between. There is so much nuance to the characters and why they do the things they do. 

There were definitely twists and turns.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Violence, Infertility, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

melissa_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is my second read 📚 from this author.  I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Bullying, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Grief

emilyen13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Grief

chandlerkl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

lauryn_dills's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, and Grief

sunshine8473773's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Death, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

heather_harrison's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A solid, slow-paced mystery/thriller, which is probably more psychologically skewed than I expected. 
It did get a little slow in the middle, but the ending was absolutely delicious. 

TW: child death, infertility, infidelity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide

kathywoo10's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide

enlamont's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Child death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Infertility