Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes

7 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Murder, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Sexism, Classism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Colonisation, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

jordynkw's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Classism

mels_reading_log's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a story about a woman whose father left her and her mother when she was young to start a cocoa plantation in Ecuador. He has now passed and it is time to go collect her inheritance. And that’s when the story gets wild, there is murder, secret children, affairs, secret identities, and lies oh so many lies. This book was straight up like a Telenovela, it was twists and turns every step of the way and I loved it! I hate when I can predict a story, especially in a murder mystery, but I did not have a clue who did what until the very end. It was such an interesting nov and I highly recommend it. It had me gasping out loud , all the characters had a secret or two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

frenandjen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

kaneebli's review

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Animal death, and Child abuse

sarahaf712's review

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Classism, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Terminal illness

Content warning: infant loss

katsant1's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

 Puri, born and raised by a single mother in Spain, travels to Ecuador to meet her father's second family after he dies and claim her inheritance, a majority portion of a successful cacao plantation. Her journey encounters loss, love, mystery, deceit, prostitutes and secret identities.

Each chapter is dedicated to one of the main characters in the book and progresses the story along as well as offers excellent character building. 

Everything comes together. Very telenovela-esque at times, but without too much over the top storyline.... although a priest impregnating his secret half sister's cousin and a woman pretending to be her dead husband as her own death is faked does sound outrageous.

Just read it!!! IT WAS GREAT! I'm on the verge of re-rating it a 5 start review, because the more I talk about it the more I <3 it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility