Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

219 reviews

melmo72's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

sparklingprisma's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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I don’t know what specifically it was about this book but I loved it!  The little bit a riddles/poetry woven into the story was great. Two people trying to find there way to understanding and truth.  The mechanics of how magic works.  The connections people had with family and trying to do the right thing. 

I read it twice I loved it so much, picking up clues I missed the first time.  Ready to start the last book in this two book series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent

dhrutibc's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent

jess_justmaybeperfect's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

bookshelfoverload's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

larareads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

oraya_blo0dmoon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An excellent read, dark & twisted with the tales of love.  Victorian aged surrounded by a refreshing magical system that I wouldn’t have even thought possible, but Rachel executed it perfectly.  Sinister dark vibes but not in the dark romance way.  More like gothic Victorian society meets Jeckyl and Hyde.  

Spice was light but did not deter the storyline, plot was fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic

allyrosereadsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

bekieboo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol

briez98's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder

Minor: Grief, Death of parent