Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

28 reviews

luciiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Violence, War, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Death

izzywhoisnotjaredand19's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

aurora_something's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Some disability representation

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

gonnachangethislater's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I cringe every time the two siblings interact, I am convinced both authors are only children.

It feels like all the characters talk or think about is how hot everyone is. 

There is an element of the writing style that feels like a wattpad book, that might be with how the characters speak or that scarlet adds little quips and answers questions that are completely irrelevant and I don't care about. 

I was so looking forward to this book after seeing only positives about it and I like the concept and the idea of the characters but I dislike the execution. 

I think had I read this at 14 I might have enjoyed it, but I am not and I didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Genocide, and Gun violence

boredomandwordsofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Xenophobia, Violence, Grief, Genocide, Death, Blood, and Animal death

mkmathias's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

Moderate: Murder and Violence

waffles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death of parent

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

adventurous funny

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

if you have a paperback version of this, it’s so floppy holy crap. it wrinkles the pages a little but it’s so satisfying to flop it back and forth. 

there’s this one line that i keep coming back to. it’s beautifully written and i’m in love with it. i’ll keep it in a spoiler just in case you wanna experience it for the first time in the book, but it’s not a spoiler. 

“do moons choose the planets they orbit? do planets choose their stars? who am i to deny gravity, aurora? when you shine brighter than any constellation in the sky?”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Cursing