Reviews tagging 'Child death'

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

157 reviews

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Self harm, Vomit

kingkiller99's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was a fun fantasy read—the magic system was really interesting and different from a lot of other fantasy books I read. It had an interesting cliff hanger that I’ll be excited to hear the resolution for in the sequel! Curious to see read what happens next! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment

chanlo1994's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense 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: Yes

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What a refreshing read.

I'm so glad the author avoided very classic tropes, such as "you lied to me, and now that I know your deep dark secret, you're dead to me ".

Concepts such as understanding and forgiveness within a relationship makes this an enjoyable read, especially with the world building and magic system used. And Raven makes me swoon.... lol

I also really liked the different examples on the theme of consent, as most of them are not related to sex. Body autonomy, yes absolutely, but not sex. It examplifies that sex is not the only time where consent is needed.

Also, the writing is so beautiful??? Both the poetry and the narration. It's why I gave it a full 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Drugging

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

sxndaze's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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a stunning debut fantasy with a fascinating magic system. it kept me hooked even from the beginning, and the dynamic between elspeth and the nightmare is one i love. 

looking forward to reading book two!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Child death

edenns_bochord's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

popquizliz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this dark, gothic fantasy with a complex and twisty female main character. I love the unique magical structure that Rachel Gillig created - the world building is a breath of fresh air compared to the vague general "magical powers" that most fantasy novels employ. I enjoyed the fact that Gillig put so much effort into the fantasy part of this novel and built the complex relationships and unique aspects of each character such that the romance subplot felt genuine and realistic rather than forced. I appreciate how morally grey the characters are here - their motivations are real and complicated and multi-faceted, so no one feels one dimensional. This book builds with rapid speed to an incredible crescendo and I was so relieved that I already had the second book in the duology immediately accessible, because that ending! It was missing a little something from me in order to be a five star read but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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An excellent read. Enjoyed every page! Already looking forward to rereading this series again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Child death, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail