Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Powerless by Elsie Silver

84 reviews

caitlinspeachyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexism, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Drug abuse

ciara_fs98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-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

3.0

If I was to just rate the spice in this book it would be 5 stars because WOW. However, I only gave it 3 because I feel like there were a lot of serious subjects that got brushed over. Jasper and Sloane are amazing characters and I could read about them forever but this book read like it was supposed to be serious while also being funny. It just didn't mesh well for me. That being said I would definitely read this again

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Car accident, Death, War, and Child death

Mentions of army/military MIA

oohlalara's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

clareasday's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Gaslighting, War, Death, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Grief

theinkdrinkerhouse's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

nagirak's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a cute story but that’s about it. It seemed more like fan fiction than an actual novel most times. That’s not to say that fan fiction is bad or below novels, but there are definite differences. 

One of my main gripes with this book is no one had to really try or overcome anything major. The main conflict of this book was something that was already worked through by the time the story was half over and then brought up again later as if it was new. Don't get me wrong, I love a happy ending but literally every story line ends happily with little to no effort from any of the characters. 

That being said, I enjoyed the characters and their quirks. There was a lot of growth that happened in a short amount of time despite the lack of struggles/conflict. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Classism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Minor: Child death and Body shaming

kristensreading's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Abandonment and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death

greyishrainbow's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This was a 5 star read for me simply because of the development of Sloane, there’s nothing more empowering and reflective when a female character becomes confident in herself and starts to find her voice☺️. Absolutely loved Jasper too

Kind of didn’t expect his character to have a dominance kink, that was an added bonus

.  I really enjoyed this book, just like I have with all the chestnut springs books. I love all the little added bits about Harvey & the rest of the family we have grown to love.

Definitely the spiciest book of the series, but I loved that! It really fitted with the storyline and wasn’t too much.

. Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Alcohol

agent_004's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident

Moderate: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, and Sexism

vnavarro's review

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death