Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

15 reviews

jehansen127's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Body shaming, Death, Grief, and Child death

bookfortbuilder's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming

kcbatts's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

I would've opted to mark this book as DNF had it not been this month's pick for book club. I doubt I'd pick this book on my own, so maybe I am not the intended audience, however to put it nicely, I was grateful to put this book down and I would not recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, and Grief

Minor: Violence

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Cancer, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, and War

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Cancer, Cursing, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahwilliams90's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Cancer

Minor: Grief and Misogyny

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.5

Being a massive Indiana Jones fan, I was all too hopeful that this book would scratch my itch for archaeological adventure while also presenting as a fun romcom. I admit that I saw the title and was immediately taken. 

However… it was a bust. It had some fun adventure elements and the plot of looking for the final resting place of a fictional Mexican warrior was really promising. I enjoyed some of the parts where the characters actually found the Aztec ruins/remains. But then it just kinda went overboard with stereotype—ridiculous high stakes, multiple potential villains, cliche romance.

Yeah. The romance. It was pretty cringe. And unfortunately, the FMC reads like she was written by a man, the way she is described and even the way she talks sometimes. The MMC’s POV chapters definitely didn’t help when referring to her body and skills etc. The sex scenes seemed way too heavy on the physicality and reputation of the FMC than on the actual passion and relationship between the two. Idk, everything the FMC did seemed over-sexualized, especially considering a major part of her character was trying to escape those stereotypes. It just seemed like the author fed too much into it that it sort-of had the opposite effect that she was going for. Maybe I just found the writing too cheesy and awkward. And the fact that the MMC was THIRTY-EIGHT-YEARS-OLD and acted the way he did and said the things he did really gave me the ick. 

It was a quick read overall and I never wanted to DNF it, I just was disappointed with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Stalking, Misogyny, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Terminal illness, Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Child death

essie__reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book! A slow burn, enemies-to-lovers, romcom, with Indiana Jones vibes?! Sign me up! Seriously! So good! Not too steamy, if that's not your thing. There is a bit of a mystery component towards the end. I loved the adventure aspect and the plot, outside the romance. It took me a little bit to get into it, but then I was hooked until the end. I recommend for a fun, fairly light-hearted romcom read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood

schweibertsm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a fun romance adventure book. Who doesn't love some adventure with their romance. Reading this was definitely similar to watch Indiana Jones, but instead of the Lead woman being a damsel in destress. The FMC was a badass. This was a fun read for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping

aqtbenz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexism