Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Death's Obsession by Avina St. Graves

29 reviews

abicaro17's review

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

This is definitely a dark read but its good and fast too. Its definitely not a book to read too far into but its cute and delivers exactly what it promises: dark smut with a hint of plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

bangiebangs's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

2.5*
Spice: 4/5 (but somewhat infrequent)

Not sure whether I didn't like this much because it is a stalker romance or because the writing was just a bit meh for me. 

I don't usually read stalker romance because it's just not my jive, something I can't quite find romantic or desirable in any way. At least not when it's so on the nose. The story also doesn't really work for me. Lilith has lost her family, Death is obsessed with her. Why, and what is it with that backstory

like, why doesn't she remember, what's the reason for that? Makes no sense to me. Why does she have to remember? No idea. Does she join him as a reaper in the end? How, why, what is the system of things here? idk.

In terms of writing, the story was fine. It's POV narration, and I think the way that grief has pulled Lilith under and put her into depression was done well. The MMC is just "this is mine, I want it so I take it".

The idea here was obviously to make him a villain-who-helps-the-woman-he-loves-heal type, but while I get some of it, the way it is done feels too simple, and we don't get enough information about motivation imo

. I find that a bit boring. 

So overall, I'm on the fence on this one. Wouldn't recommend as I'm pretty sure there must be better stalker romances out there if that's your thing. There is also better smut out there, and more interesting shadow daddies (though this one has a nice twist to that). So... yeah. I read it, but I don't think you have to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Murder

anreha's review

dark emotional sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Suicide attempt

jescie's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Gaslighting, Stalking, Addiction, Car accident, and Death

ladybanecourt's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

✨4/5✨
Did I come for the spice? Yes. Did I stay for the character development? Also yes. Loved Letum and how kind he was to Lilith, and I absolutely loved the ending. The world building was simple, though there certainly could have been more—this story has a lot of potential I think that was just untapped but the writing was very, very lovely. It's a sweet, short read I'd probably come back to in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

naechan's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

This book opens with an author’s note that says: 

If you by chance know Greek mythology and are well versed in Latin, I sincerely apologize for this book. It won’t be accurate. 

That alone made me bump up my rating by half a star. I appreciate it when authors are self-aware. 
Listen, is this good, enriching literature? No. Did I still enjoy reading it? Absolutely! If this book is trash then it’s my kind of trash because I gobbled it up like a raccoon in the middle of the night behind a dumpster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity and Car accident

etherealisnt's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

3.0

To be honest, I don't remember that much, but I know that it felt like a whiplash. One of those moments where everything happens so fast you have to rewind to even grasp what the fuck just happened. It was a strange one, I won't ask myself why I read it, must've been one of those moods (I have questions tho).

Lilith was struggling a lot mentally and the stalker situation didn't help her one bit, (in what world would it ever help?? I don't know what I'm saying, but bear with me) I feel like this was a clusterfuck of things just happening because they could, while there was no solid plot to support.

Death itself is sure. It’s stable and consistent. You can rely on it happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

thatgirlgeorgia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

kittykhaotic's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

This book was beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

e_mckay's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.25

This book just made me depressed. I usually love books about death personified but this just didnt do it for me. Maybe it was because it was so short and didnt have much character building so i didnt feel a connection or attachment to any character. Liliths continuous grief and numbness and allowing her bf to basically use her for money and cheat on her really turned me off and she just let it happen. I felt icky

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting