Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle

7 reviews

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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? No

4.75

At halfway through I ordered the next two books. Honestly, as a Disney girlie, I loved everything about this. The only reason it didn’t quite get to five stars is because the ending felt slightly rushed. Otherwise, this is one of my favourite books I’ve read this year!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

Wow!!! That was so fun! That was SO FUN! What a blast! The magic, the political intrigue, the long lost twin, the surprise, the emotion! Wow this was great! I will say there really wasn’t any diversity in this book at all so for that I’m dropping it half a star but the plot was fun and the characters were really well fleshed out and I loved the two narrators for the different princesses!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bookish_paws's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

This was fun to read, with likeable characters and quite an predictable yet enjoyable plot. I recommend it to fans of the Lunar Chronicles as it has a similar style, and The Priory of the Orange Tree for the theme of re-examining history (and another queer-normative world!). The clichés and unoriginality made for quite a relaxing read, although I wasn't always a fan of the romance (why did the characters' attraction to each other make them forget everything important and throw caution to the wind?) – I suspect that's a case of me no longer being in the target age range, however :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual content, and Torture

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Murder, Genocide, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcohol

wonderlandiful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: War