Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Nocturna by Maya Motayne

7 reviews

crml's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation and Classism

jacquibear's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

mals_library's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, Vomit, and Cursing

rosejoy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

cynicalraven's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.0

I don't think there's nothing wrong with this book. I just found it boring, and the characters lacklustre. Does not make me wanna read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Suicide

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Vomit, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, Gore, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation

sparky_young_upstart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A strong read. The beginning is fairly slow, but picks up the pace in the important parts and fires on all cylinders by the second half. The worldbuilding is simple to understand established right off the bat, leaving most of the first act to focus on the characters. It’s not quite perfect because there are some characters here whose stories I feel could have been explored more, but the strength of everything else nearly makes up for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death

A character has their tongue cut out offscreen.