Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

17 reviews

spatterson7's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Self harm

angelina_wlf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Gore, Sexual content, Stalking, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism

taelorslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

angellike333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Death, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Bullying

angiebanuelos's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

black_latina's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Classism, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Stalking, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

lh_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

allymurphy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Reads like the first half of a much longer book (which makes sense, it’s the first in a duo). not totally obsessed but will still be immediately reading book 2. Not as dark as I thought but I’m reading this after just finishing The Cat & Mouse Duet so my scale for “dark” is a little broken atm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, and Physical abuse

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Misogyny, and Vomit