Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

49 reviews

graciffer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism

wordwilderness's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Lesbophobia

mallory10100's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

oh my god i loved this book so much, what a creative story. i LOVED how gay it was 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Sexual violence, Vomit, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

i highly recommend reading this :) at the start i was overwhelmed at the size of it, but it’s very much necessary for this story

my_forest_library's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

misscatw's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

banrions's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

COOL OKAY I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS IN MY BODY AND I’M GONNA NEED AT LEAST A WEEK TO FIGURE THEM ALL OUT.

I think this book was written directly for me to hit like, most of my buttons, and I’m FURIOUS about it and I need to own this book immediately.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

ticktock's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

jenniferlynnkrohn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

erinsbookshelves's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, and Grief