Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon

4 reviews

maddamn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Another installment in the Cash Blackbear series. Just as heartbreaking as the first, if not a bit more so. Cash shows such strength and resilience. The author creates such a powerful story in a world exactly like ours, flaws and all. Pay attention to TWs with this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Body horror, Trafficking, War, Abandonment, Racism, Sexual violence, and Rape

kelseymcg20's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War and Suicidal thoughts

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

As a noir-lover, I immediately recognize Rendon's style: staccato sentences that build a world both viscerally real and almost claustrophobic through relentless layering of details calls to mind the best works of Chandler and Hammett. But unlike those authors' stoic white male protagonists, Rendon's Cash Blackbear is a study in protective dissociation. She detaches from her emotions because, historically, her life has sucked, and feeling and expressing emotions has led to nothing but disaster. Rendon's is a classic style indelibly informed by Cash's time, place, and identity. And, oh yeah, there's a mystery, but I read this series for Cash and her world; the mystery is almost immaterial.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Confinement, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Racism, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Sexual content, Mental illness, Blood, Drug use, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Racism, Alcoholism, Trafficking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Kidnapping