Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

25 reviews

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

vidotson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Violence

vluv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

This story was so beautiful and interesting. I loved all the characters and the plot was so interesting and unique. I was worried it would be too similar to the The Thousand Doors of January, but it was VERY different. The only reason it’s not a 5 is because there were a few scenes that were over explained and not necessary for plot development.

I also didn’t like the part that Cassie was the creator of the books in the end. Just seemed silly to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

tanilian's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was a great debut novel. The characters were well written and the plot made sense, I don't remember any plot-holes by the end. And for a man writing, this was so refreshingly not in the least male-gazey. No insta-love (technically) too!

There are, however, a few things I found a bit tedious. First and foremost, why the hell do characters insist on monologuing in the fights 90% of the time? Make the first move instead of trash-talking your opponent, for my mentality's sake please.

Also in the last confrontation scene, they decide to herd The Woman to the doorway to Nowhere <i>physically</i> instead of using the Book of Control, which was done absolutely to prolong the fight and find something for Izzy (so underused there) in the fight to do. The way the Woman became the evil villain, was a bit anticlimactic, but at least it was not because of rape like so many other male authors are wont to do.

There were a few pacing issues as well, when the plot became boring to follow, but they were course-corrected fast so not that big of a deal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Dementia

bookdrunkard78's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Death

ashdawn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It took me a little bit to get into this one, but I really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the concept of time travel in the story. It had a similar feel to Monsters Inc combined with The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, but different emotions and voice to the story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

eliza_beth_23's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Grief, and Cancer

laurantor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Body horror, Death of parent, Blood, Cancer, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

calaqua's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

Knocking off a star because there were some aspects of the book that irked me. Also check content warnings, I was caught off guard by the gritty content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Torture, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Cancer, and Death