Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Vocea lui Archer by Mia Sheridan

279 reviews

katto06's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I regret holding out on reading this book for so long. First off i absolutely adore both Bree and Archer. I adore their strength and their chemistry. Their backstories are so heart breaking. I felt the kicking feet, toe curling and blushing happiness, The “i wanna punch something” madness, and the absolute sobbing sadness. This book was everything and it’s easily a 5 star for me! 
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But why did Mia have to include “ilu” in their texts?? that was the only thing i actually cringed at. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Gaslighting

polo7's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Child abuse, Rape, Ableism, Car accident, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

busybee1993's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. From the first page it had be hooked! It’s already my favourite book of 2024. I fell in love with Archer and Bree. Very steamy at points ❤️ 12/10 highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death

nzmonica's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexual content, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol and Grief

Minor: Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Sexual assault

luna_lovelace's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

"God, this man. He was going to kill me with sweetness overload."

I stayed up late last night because I could not put it down. I am usually wary of viral books, but this book deserves it. This book will have you giggling with hope and crying for justice. 

There are a lot of heavy subjects that Bree and Archer have to deal with which makes my heart ache for them. They found each other at a vulnerable time in their lives and they each gave each other space to heal and learn how to trust again while still allowing feelings to develop. 

I despised Victoria, she was cruel to a CHILD.

I couldn't imagine how bad his uncle felt in his last days knowing he was convinced by Victoria not to allow surgery that would have given Archer a chance to speak again. Let's not forget how she helped her son, Marcus, rape Alyssa. She was just rotten to the bone.

When you think history will repeat itself,

Archer goes on a journey to find himself, and his independence and I think in that moment he truly saved himself from having to experience what his parents went through.

It was fascinating to read how Archer worked through his emotions and thoughts. It truly made me love his character! I loved Bree for being patient with him and

sticking through it because she knew he was worth it. She saw the potential even when he couldn't see it yet.

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Truly a beautifully written story with raw moments that will leave Bree and Archer in your thoughts after finishing the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Rape, Cursing, Cancer, Pregnancy, Violence, and Terminal illness

meowdermix's review against another edition

slow-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

2.0

This could have been a cute small town love story but there were so many things that ruined a perfectly interesting story. The writing was just ok. It wasn't horrible but it definitely needed to be condensed down. I don't need 5+ sex scenes that read the exact same way every time. Bree's unintentionally condescending terms of endearment for Archer were off-putting. Calling him her "silent boy" in her head just felt so reductive. The end of the book just dragged. I swear if they had started with the "I Bree you" and "I Archer you" earlier in the book I would have dnf'ed this so fast. If you removed all of the smut, I would have assumed this was written for a YA audience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape

mo_nyx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad

• 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

4.5

I went into this book without any details. I'm glad I did. 

Watching Archer and Bree fall in love was beautiful. Seeing them face their own trauma was heartbreaking. 

The story is so tender, and I love both of them so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, and Car accident

kera_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Emotional abuse

meg_'s review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

This was my first fiction read of the year and I truly disliked it so much, which was very disappointing. The writing itself felt really juvenile. There was a lot of telling rather than showing what was happening or how the characters were feeling.  The plot itself was so disjointed and just absolutely wild that I had to suspend my disbelief significantly to continue reading, which I just don't think should be the case when it comes to a romance book.

The other piece that I found to be one of the main factors that I disliked was how infantalized Archer was throughout the series. Not only from how Bree treated him but how the entire community treated him. I don't have too many more thoughts other than that I felt like this read like a 15 year old wrote it and I really am sad I paid money to purchase it lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Gun violence

tcgav's review against another edition

Genuinely I’m so confused as to how this book has over 4 stars, and was probably the most recommended book to me ever! 

My main issue is the author telling everything literally rather than showing. The writing is bad. 

Other than that: 
Weird infantilizing of the mute character even within sexually explicit scenes which feels particularly gross for me. Language at times was terribly ableist and weird, especially describing the MFC’s love for the MMC. Feels way too contrived to have

brothers fighting over a single girl in both generations

. The way what I see as non-consent (intoxicated, inexperience, character is mute) is handled is gross. How does someone own a town?? Everyone states the MMC is supposed to be so sweet and lovely but his jealousy and inability to trust the MFC when she says she will do something or feels a certain way (despite her literally never having lied to him) is gross and not in line with a sweet, lovely, MMC. His virginity also like goes beyond virginity into borderline not knowing about sex at all which just comes across again as infantilizing and gross. There are just an ungodly amount of explicit scenes with nothing of substance or interest in between. 

I am the target audience for this book like everyone recommended it to me for a sweet MMC and disability representation but it’s just so poorly executed in every way in my opinion, I couldn’t even finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Infidelity, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism