Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

5 reviews

katastrophi's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This has me enthusiastic about reading her other works. I was transported immediately into the world she built and absorbed in the tale. I appreciated Ji Lin's intelligence, resourcefulness, loyalty, and ferocity.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Sexism, Stalking, Slavery, and Child death

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Rating this four stars for now, but may come back and tweak that after I figure out what I think of some of the themes and situations in the book. It was definitely an engaging read regardless, though not, in my opinion, quite as entrancing as The Ghost Bride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Infidelity

marigold_faye's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, and Child death

kikicochrane's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-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

4.25

The Night Tiger was a pleasant and quick read for me, I enjoyed the overall story telling and setting of the novel. It felt like I was watching each character in their part and the pacing was nice.

Spoiler content below, includes end of book mentions.

While I agree with the other reviewers about being taken aback by the sibling romanticism and sexualization, by the end of the novel I came to understand that out of the main five characters, each had a pair. Ji Lin & Shin being step siblings but born on the same day, Ren & Yi being twins, Dr. William Acton & Lydia bearing the same Confucius virtue name. There were multiple warnings in the book that described that they each had something negative to watch out for within one another. Shin's possessiveness and indecency are the opposite of the integrity he is supposed to have given his assigned virtue. Ji Lin represents good behavior, her having romantic and jealous thoughts about her step-brother are opposite characteristics to that virtue. Knowing that they all had a flaw that could impact one another made me connect the dots to why Choo added this romance in detail. While I don't agree with pursuing a step sibling romantically, I understand why these characters developed those feelings with one another.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Incest, Death of parent, and Sexual content

juliamb's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Murder