Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Taproot by Keezy Young

49 reviews

ka_schulze's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

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kwichris's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I found this by chance at the library and thought the premise seemed interesting. While the artwork is undeniably beautiful, the story is wildly uneven. The pacing is all over the place, the plot gets muddled at times, and some things are never really explained enough to the reader even with visuals to try and back things up. The place the story should have ended isn't where it ends; some last minute tacked on side quest is where it ends. Overall, this was cute and lovely in terms of representation and being unique, but the overall story could've used so revisions.
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karapillar's review

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

3.75

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readandfindout's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 3.5 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 3 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Art: 3.5 stars
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ginameix's review against another edition

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

4.75

A sweet and quick story about love and necromancy. For fans of Mooncakes and Cross My Heart and Never Lie. 
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readingpicnic's review against another edition

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2.75

The art is very beautiful, but the story was not very good and felt very rushed. It felt like there were no actual stakes in the story and that there wasn't enough time given to developing the relationship between Blue and Hamal for me to have an emotional investment in them. 
There was a weird little time skip between the Reaper telling Hamal that he had to make up for making an imbalance of life and then suddenly he was at Blue's grave putting a plant heart in his chest with no explanation?? I was sooo confused how we got to that point or how that was the solution, and then it didn't even matter because Blue was alive again by the next page. It was like Cemetery Boys if random chapters and passages were cut out, leaving behind fractions of the story (I liked Cemetery Boys). The excuse that the Reaper brought Blue back to life because she thought they were a cute couple felt too easy and cliche, especially since the main conflict of the story was Hamal using his powers to help flowers grow, apparently causing a huge imbalance, but bringing a whole human back to life is fine? Okay. Then it felt like it was dragging quite a bit at the end just to show a scene of them being together as a human couple.
I still liked the author's mission of creating the representation that they didn't get to see as a child, and I loved the art style dearly. The full page spread where Blue was filled with plant life was my favorite. 
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purplesaturday's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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bookcaptivated's review against another edition

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

5.0

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kendal_reads's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

3.75

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u_0's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This book is so sweet and wholesome!! The art style, especially the color palette was pretty. The plot was cute and unique and the characters shine. There were a few pacing, tone, plot inconsistencies but all that I can happily look over. 
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