Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey

15 reviews

rcsreads's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

A large part of this is just paedophile porn. There's no need for the inappropriate relationship to be gone into with so much detail. 
The mother's side of the story would have been enough although it has some unpleasant, outdated and homophobic opinions expressed. The daughters story is actively disgusting and romanticised paedophilia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Outing

jen_prouvaire's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

thelibraryofanna's review

dark emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, and Alcoholism

justareadingfairy's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I think don’t judge a book by its cover might be a good description here.  Although the cover is extremely beautiful and the title and back seem intriguing for something lovable to come, the story told by all of these pages is just slow and honestly, not that great. 
It was also a bit of an uncomfortable read as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Pedophilia

Minor: Death and Alcoholism

rachelreadthese's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death