Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

9 reviews

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Body horror, Car accident, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity

maddsmann's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Body horror, Violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

raisinreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

I understand and appreciate the underlying themes here, but this is her second book I've read and despite being about the supernatural/magic her books still manage to be so dull, the plots and the characters just never grip me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror and Grief

Minor: Incest, Death of parent, and Infidelity

thebroestofbros's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not as much of a horror book as it
is a supernatural drama, it still is an engaging read about the how internalized rage and trauma can manifest decades later, and at the most inopportune time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Child abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

There is also excessive vaping, smoking, strained mother/daughter relationships, a childbirth scene and complications during a pregnancy.

skettreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Grief, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence

mzynda's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Violence, and Vomit

michaelion's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

You tease me with a threesome mention and don't make it gay?! How dare!!!

This could've been werewolf Jennifer's Body! (And I include that as a spoiler because just after I asked myself "Who bit her? Who turned her?" I flipped to the last page to see what the last line of the book is and... well... spoilers for that.)

There's clearly a lot of love for the werewolf genre but the story was just fine. I didn't make the connection to the larger themes until after the sort-of climax. And I mean way after. Like, I was reading the last paragraph of the book. And no, I don't mean the last page of the story, I mean the last paragraph of the Acknowledgements section.

Usually, writers (of books, tv, and movies) put in a plot line including sexual assault as a gimmick, like "Look at me, I can mention a super serious topic so you, the audience, have to take me serious now too." Harrison doesn't do that here, and the conversations between Rory, Mia, and Cyndi are treated with care and respect, but the connection between transforming and raging and healing from previous anger wasn't really there for me, until I read that last bit about how The Body Keeps the Score was an influence.

I have never really been a werewolf girlie, but I did watch Teen Wolf all the way through even when it got bad. Those are some of the most exciting and fun parts of the book, even when it gets a little spooky scary ew that's gross.

It's also kinda written like there was room given for a sequel? If that's the case, the book is good enough that I would read that too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Grief