Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

19 reviews

pashpunk7's review

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Physical abuse

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was kind of gross but also sweet and interesting. Shesheshen is fun! And a monster, but she is quite a social one (although she wouldn’t agree); she knows precisely how to use words with humans, evading truth without disturbing the conversation had by them. At several moments she is even surprisingly more human and better at recognising humanity than actual people. The story was more adventurous than I anticipated, which was great because the romance took a while to take hold. I enjoyed this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Animal cruelty, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

woolerys's review

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? It's complicated

4.5

This monster romance was a mix of funny, harrowing, and touching, as a monster romance should be! Mild spoiler for queer rep:

both the protagonist (the monster) and her human love interest are ace!

There’s a strong theme of “humans are the real monsters” which… could have been more subtle, but at least the overtness read as a stylistic choice and not just blundering. The villains are increasingly absurd. The plot kept me engaged and frequently surprised. Shesheshen, our protagonist, is wonderfully likable and disgusting at the same time. The ending wasn’t as strong as I’d hoped, but it was… interesting, ha. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Abortion

temperamentalprotagonist's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

sgrunwald96's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Deeply surprised by this one. Elements of old fairytales, classic kids stories, gory body horror, crazy monster design, quiet romance, and family issues somehow come together in a truly wholesome story? I had so much fun, and really loved the monster in all her iterations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

terriaminute's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

I took my time reading this novel, because the author has a clever way with words and I didn't want to miss anything. :) 

If you've ever felt that monsters get a bad rap, this novel is for you! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Death of parent, Child death, and Violence

snazzy10101's review

dark emotional funny 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: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Body horror, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

This was an absolute joy to read! Love me an asexual blob girlfriend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Stalking, Torture, and War

tracysbookbalderdash's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Emotional abuse

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

Usually I don't think 'cozy' and 'horror' mix well, but this book had such a beautiful balance. The action was brutal and detailed, but the relationship felt so soft and genuine. I'm not the right person to speak on asexual representation, but I feel like this does justice to ace couples.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, and Classism