Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

10 reviews

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, War, Classism, and Physical abuse

mabellene's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

camillatd's review

adventurous emotional hopeful

3.5

Fun, indulgent, and adventurous queer historical romance for fans of BBC Merlin and Cat Sebastian. Heavy on the tropes (hurt/comfort, angst, mistaken identity, forbidden love, huddling for warmth, "who did this to you?", etc.), which I found largely enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

lexi_air's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent

ezwolf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

Okay, so, by all rights I should have loved this book. It's queer, it's historical fiction, it's got angsty backstories. But I could not get in to this for the life of me. 

This is one of those cases where I think it's just not for me. I cannot exactly explain why this didn't grab me, the best I can say is that I found it boring. I wasn't drawn to either Penn or Raff and so it made it hard to be interested in either point of view. By the time the story got to plot points I would have been interested in (like Penn's scars) I was 50% of the way through and I was already just reading for the sake of finishing the story. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper 360 for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Animal death, Child abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Grief and Animal cruelty

Minor: Death, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

pitsikakku's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

chantelbecky's review against another edition

The book was a little too slow for me, and the characters fell a little flat. They all seemed a bit to casual about the conflicts in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse

clairew97's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abandonment, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

wilybooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

4.0

Most of this, I adored. How tender and caring the romance was; how charming the two leads and their siblings were. The characters were well fleshed out with distinct personalities and I loved the delicious pining in the first half of the book. I thought the author dealt with the topic of abuse thoughtfully, especially in regards to the intimate scenes. Raff's family dynamics were great; I'd love to read more about Ash or Cecily in a sequel or two.
 
However, the pacing felt a bit off. There was virtually no plot for the first three quarters of the book (which I actually loved, as a big fan of 'no plot just vibes' books) and then a lot of action and drama crammed into a final act that was drawn out far too long. At times the dialogue felt a bit clunky and there were some jarring POV switches, which I'm attributing to this being a debut.

I also wish the early mediaeval setting had been explored a little more in depth. It was really just scenery for the most part and could have been set at any time pre-18th century given how little detail there is. There wasn't even a mention of the plague! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

Minor: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Animal cruelty

llyfrauginger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

I devoured this book. Beautifully written and so easy to get lost in. The romance is well paced and the characters are loveable; you can tell the author herself really loves the characters, which gives everything such warmth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Terminal illness, War, Chronic illness, and Confinement