Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur

5 reviews

backlogsolong's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

btwnprintedpgs's review

adventurous funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This was such a fun time. The art is absolutely beautiful! I read a bit of this way back when and I do see they it was really cleaned up for the publication. The story is cute and fun, and I love the found family vibes and magical chaos. Excited to see what happens next!

TW: death, fire/fire injury, kidnapping, racism (of witches), death of a child; mentions death of a parent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

ashleycmms's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

lea_fox's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

The first 6 chapters bored me to tears — the writing was awful, the characters two-dimensional and annoying. I wanted to DNF pretty much right away BUT I didn’t give up on it. The moment in Chapter 7 when Nico gets turned into a pixie (tint guy) really started to change the dynamic of the plot. The story got loads better, more authentic, more original, more heartfelt. The characters really grew on me too — Nico being my favourite. The art was pretty good too. I also loved the side-kick animal characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Minor: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Death of parent, and War

fremzz's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Best book of 2022 so far for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

*the drug use is from a minor character and it’s only one scene