Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

18 reviews

readwithchar's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Torture, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Grief

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Phenomenal world building

This was always my favorite vampire book series. Lots of original content, addressing classism, plenty of drama, and a ton of adventure. My only criticism is that there isn’t a ton of build up for either of the romances. I understand that a decent amount of time passed in the book and the author couldn’t write about every little interaction that made people fall in love but she could’ve spent a smidge more time on it. Other than that a great read with good plot twists!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Death of parent

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this audio, the story and its characters. The only thing that irked me is that it's named after the school...the main thing our MC Rose kept trying to run away from LOL.

Otherwise, I adore her character and the high school atmosphere. The story, at times, seemed to drag. Vampire Academy focused more on the student body, a teacher whom cracked and was hauled away and a popularity competition. Then there's the Princess that Rose is training to protect for the rest of her life. I find it really depressing...Rose can "never" fall in love and have a family of her own. She does find a love interest, that can leave you teetering "oh yah! she could find love" yet "yikes...he's over 18 and she's only 16". Gosh this is like Aria and Ezra from Pretty Little Liars LMBO *sigh*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

cgn's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• 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

4.0

I had an absolute blast reading this. There were several problematic things I didn’t remember (such as how Rose is 17 when her and Dmitri get together for the first time), but there were some good messages mixed in too, and honestly, I just had fun. I can’t ask for anything more from a 2007 vampire novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Murder, Sexual content, Car accident, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

beaudoindani17's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

This rating is reflective of how much I enjoyed this book when I originally read it, however I recognize a lot of the issues this book has now, and probably wouldn't rate it as highly anymore, despite really enjoying all rereads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Classism, Mental illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

nxclx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I personally may be biased in my rating, from nostalgia and all, but I personally think this is a great book, and maybe one of the best ones in the series (don't quote me on this it will probably change later). I think it sets up the story, the world, the characters, and the conflict perfectly and then follows through amazingly. Even knowing what happens before hand, I was still on the edge of my seat. I get there are some problematic parts, and if that bothers you, I get it. This book isn't for everyone. But it doesn't bother me. I'm so excited to read the rest of the series and finally finish it! LOOK AT THE CONTENT WARNINGS. It spoils the book a little but it's kinda necessary. You don't want to be surprised.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Grief

Look at the warnings. There's kidnaping, torture, self harm, a student teacher relationship, blood, animal death... it's there. Don't ignore them.

iviarelle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

2022

Early on I thought I would revise my original rating more, but having finished it... Not so much. It's very 2007, from the mutual crush on a teacher (though not followed through on) to the extremely awkward handling of self harm and depression, from the Not Like Other Girls to the style and structure of the plot itself.

It's not an unpleasant read but it needs the "aged like bread" warning before you head in. Some of it still looks fine but there's some faintly blue fuzz on one corner of the loaf.

Also, I'm endlessly amused by "I'll read more!" and then proceeding to read exactly 0 further pages in 6 years. This time maybe!

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2016

The pacing is a little bit off for me, but this book kept me reading to the end and I'll probably read more of the series which is more than I can say for some books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Classism, Self harm, Kidnapping, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Blood, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Outing

getbrekked's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Car accident