Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Lotus by Jennifer Hartmann

29 reviews

cc0906's review against another edition

dark emotional

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Stalking

taelorslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

aurslde's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

finally some good fucking food.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

rhreviewer91's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book has a lot going for it. Sydney and Gabe have a close relationship with a long time shared grief between them. Her childhood best friend, his older step-brother, was abducted at eight years old and has been missing for twenty-two years. There was never any clue as to what happened, if someone took him or who, or why. Suddenly, one day... he reappears. 

He has lost his memories and has trouble recalling what was real and what were simply dreams. It's up to Gabe and Sydney to help him heal and hopefully remind him of his past.

"Lotus" is a bit of an emotional read with mystery, trauma, love, and even secrets. Things may not always appear as they seem. There's trigger warnings that you may want to make note of at the beginning of the book as well if there's anything you may find triggering yourself, especially involving children. 

I loved this book a lot. I love Oliver and that he isn't how you would expect someone to be after over two decades of being abducted. He's such a sweet soul and was such an amazing character. I love the depth of everyone introduced in this book, both the main and secondary characters. It was very well written, and I'll definitely be looking into Jennifer Hartmann's other books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

agreen1727's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

5 stars. The entire journey through to the last chapter had me entranced. Such a great book with great characters. The last few chapters had me laughing out loud, clenching my fists, holding my breath, and tearing up a tad. This will be one of the few books I know I will reread, which I don’t usually do. Such a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

lethridge's review

emotional hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

The Lotus will bloom into the most magnificent flower, even when its roots are in the murkiest of waters. I read “Still Beating” first and fell in love with her writing style and ease to provoke emotions. Highly recommend her books! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

emmypeggylousbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

claudiablier's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

chelle22's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death, Infidelity, Slavery, Excrement, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Acephobia/Arophobia, Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Confinement, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Vomit

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

22 years ago a boy was kidnapped and held in isolation, he escaped and is back home with his brother. His childhood best friend still lives next door, the brother and bestie work with him to help him recover from the trauma. His love for his best friend has transitioned from childhood love to something more and they work to figure out how that works in this new life he has come back to.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, and Toxic relationship