Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Darling by K. Ancrum

13 reviews

onemamareads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/darling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Murder, Gaslighting, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

readandfindout's review

dark fast-paced

3.75

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 3.5 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Child death

achay91's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child death, Murder, and Police brutality

mayareadsxo's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Violence

blissfuloctopus's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, and Mental illness

zoes_human's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

A contemporary, realistic retelling of Peter Pan. Fast-paced and tense with a twist.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

writewithapendragon's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

plantbasedbride's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

 I am... so disappointed.

This is my second time reading work written by K. Ancrum and I expected to love it as much as I did the first (The Weight of the Stars, which was immaculate) but this just fell flat.

While there is incredible diversity to applaud here there is very little else of substance. The characters felt like hollow caricatures, the dark twist felt unearned and unnecessarily grotesque, and all of the events taking place in a single night caused the pacing to be uneven and rushed.

With more editing this could have potential, but as it is I wouldn't recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Violence

theartsybookwitch's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

DARLING is a peter pan retelling set in modern Chicago. 

I loved this retelling, I loved everything about it. It's so nice and inspiring to see all the different diversity from Wendy being Black, to every side characters of color (Black, Korean, Russian, Ojibwe), who are queer (lesbian, bisexual and asexual rep!) to characters with disabilities (hearing impaired and amputated hand). 

Don't get me wrong, I love the disney version of Peter Pan, but I always found myself drawn to the gritty version that most media tends to avoid. The intense idea of found family plays well throughout the novel and we follow Wendy Darling as she gets pulled into the crime life and

gets into something that she learns was set in twenty years prior.

I would caution readers that has experienced abuse, gaslighting, grooming or any form of toxic relationships to not read this book. 

4.75/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder

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