Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell

4 reviews

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It’s like Disney made its own version of “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and it magically worked out. Plus Aurora is a thousand times more interesting in this book than in the original movie. There, I said it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Body horror, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Warning for complicated family history, adoption, stress about one’s legacy and responsibility, verbal abuse, and grief over learning that your whole life was a lie.

sunshine8473773's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This book was about 100 pages too long. I was just thinking a few weeks ago that I was surprised the twisted tales series wasn’t more popular. I’ve read “Almost There” and loved it so decided to read something at the start of the series. Just bloated, boring, and bogged down by too many parts that could have been cut. This could have been really great, it’s a good concept and solid skeletal story. This just didn’t work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent and Rape

veronica_angel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

turtlebrainlibrarian's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide