Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Nocturna by Maya Motayne

7 reviews

crml's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation and Classism

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective tense 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

3.5

I really liked the characters and the premise. I especially loved the weaving of Spanish into the conversations and that it is the language of magic! The only reason I cannot rate it higher is because I found the pacing off. Through the middle of the book, I found myself not as eager to pick it up. The beginning had me fully engaged and of course the ending. But the middle I struggled with a little bit. 

Anyways. I think this story can actually stand alone so I'm determining if I will continue on! I originally thought it was a duology but it looks like it will at least be a trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Suicide

cynicalraven's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.0

I don't think there's nothing wrong with this book. I just found it boring, and the characters lacklustre. Does not make me wanna read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Suicide

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Vomit, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, Gore, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation

moonchildpages's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

5.0

when your first read of the year is a reread of one of your fave reads from last year..... i'm coping okay yall leave me be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

annalisaely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved the magic system (three different types of magic, based on book learning, elemental affinity, and individual magic that manifests when you have need of it in childhood) and Finn's character. Alfie was only interesting for his relationships with other people, being Luka and Finn. I wasn't very interested in the plot, but that's a personal preference thing. I didn't like that the YA/MG Parent Problem (parents need to be either absent/dead or terrible people in order for young characters to get into life-threatening situations) by having the parents be perfectly lovely people and Alfie just not wanting to tell them the horrible trouble he has put the entire world into just because it would be embarrassing. It made it a lot harder to connect to his character. But, the world building and the actual conclusion of the story as well as dealing with past trauma of Finn's life really well up this book to a 4 star.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

the suicide is not related to mental illness but a sacrifice to save the world, is very near the end and easy to skip, a page or so when Xiomara reveals she has a wound in her stomach after the final confrontation.

camillou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

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buddy read with the Dragons & Tea book club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Slavery