Reviews tagging 'Death'

Northranger by Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo

11 reviews

mnerd63's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Suicide

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Outing, Grief, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Terminal illness

brookeisbusyreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So this might seem trivial, but I’m taking off half a star because it seemed like Henry lost his southern accent about halfway through. (I only noticed it because I live in South Carolina and I work in retail, so I hear a lot of the ‘southern drawl’.)

The art style, horror movie aspect, and romance between Cade and Henry are my favorite things about Northranger. That kiss scene was just so smooth! I’m not a big horror movie person, but I’ll admit I got swept up in the boys’ love for them. Their relationships flowed very well and the story had the right amount of opposition to it for what this story is.

Again, the art style is one of my favorite elements. The use of soft, curved lines reminds me a bit of Check, Please! - the hockey graphic novel series that’s also queer. BUT I like the warmer color scheme and using white and black around the scene blocks to indicate day or night. Very clever!

So, Northranger is a cute queer romance with darker vibes! Glad I checked it out!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

What an interesting combination of horror and queer romance. The characters were so realistic! And Terciero is very skilled at slow revelations. Although I would’ve liked the ending to be more drawn out and filled with queer love, I was satisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Excrement, Classism, Animal death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Murder, Hate crime, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

mfrisk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

I’ve never read Northanger Abbey (though the Author’s note at the end now makes me want to check that out too - I loved this retelling and how the author connected the main character’s queer identity to his love of horror movies and his questioning of mysteries happening all around him. This is a sweet read with a sweet romance as well as meaningful family and friend relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Sexism, Racism, Grief, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Racial slurs

growintogardens's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Grief, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

onemamareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/northranger

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

pey333's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Murder

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

5.0

 A gay main character who's obsessed with horror films, an ominous gothic mystery taking place in the ranch family's vacation home, and a syrupy sweet forbidden queer romance? Sign me up.

I absolutely loved this graphic novel! Cade is such a sweet little softie and I adored the Henries (especially Henrietta). I appreciated the content warnings in the author's note at the beginning of the book, as this book does involve a fair bit of the cruel realities that queer teens (especially in rural areas) are used to living through, and I thought it was all balanced really well with the fluffy bits to keep things from getting too sad.

I highly recommend this graphic novel and will most likely be grabbing a finished copy for my shelves, because this is the sort of story I could see myself revisiting for sure!

Thank you to the publisher for the review copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.

✨ Representation: Cade is Latinx and gay, Henry is gay, Dale and Alice are Black 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Dementia, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Grief and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, and Murder

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Read For:

Hurt/Comfort

Happy Ending

Graphic Novel

Sunshine x Grumpy

Horror Movie References

This was such a lovely little story.  The art style was so beautiful from the pages to the cover.

I really enjoyed this graphic novel.  The characters were detailed and complex, the setting was done well, the drama/plot twist was entertaining, and I am really happy with how it ended.

Cade's comments were a mood the entire time.  He kinda reminded me of a latinx Nico di Angelo.  His family was really wholesome at the end, I was so happy with the way his parents acted—and I loved how his Abuela knew his secret probably before he even knew.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

(First Person POV)

Spice: (n/a, just kisses)

Rep: Gay, Latinx MC, POC SCs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Animal death, Grief, Outing, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Murder, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt