Reviews tagging 'Child death'

La Maldición del Amor Verdadero by Stephanie Garber

13 reviews

kaneli's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

klsreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

deluna's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death and Animal cruelty

kari_f's review against another edition

dark

1.5

I was going to give this book 2 stars, because it was overly frilly, and I only liked one character, and felt like it had no plot. But then the nonsensical epilogue happened. 

Tell me how a curse can have eyes and ears, enough sentience to understand human language and ability to follow and watch characters, but it doesn’t have lungs to be able to take a breath. Because THAT is where we need to suspend belief, here. Just… what?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

taylorjayne's review against another edition

0.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Stalking, Body horror, Child death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kate_den_herder's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I really wanted to like this series. I was sure there would be a clever loophole to break the curse and I would eventually like the main love interest (ok he kinda got me in this book). I was enjoying this one more than the previous two because we got multiple POVs and understood the main characters’ motives more. Yes, I was annoyed that several important characters from the last two were barely mentioned, but I was willing to look past it for a bit, hoping they would come back later. They didn’t. (One did briefly but I’m still miffed). This book did not feel like an ending. It was a romance first and foremost, neglecting the plot.

and in the end Evangeline breaks jacks’s curse with her sheer will/love? I don’t get it. I don’t understand how it can be true love’s magical kiss while jacks is still a fate and no one thought the curse could be broken at all.

I’m assuming the stories aren’t wrapped up because, as the epilogue says, there are more stories to be told in the Magnificent North. I just wish this story felt complete.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Self harm

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

gale_bruckner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I adored every second of this story.  It's a fairy tale for anyone who has stopped believing in fairy tales.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Kidnapping

bookishflower's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, and Child death

_azure76's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Child death