Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

115 reviews

msugrad03's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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An excellent book! Very good character development and lots of twists and turns in the plot. The chapters are short and sometimes direction changes quickly. A little hard to follow on audiobook, I think this one is better with the physical copy in hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

greenkez's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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As soon as I finished the book, all mysteries unraveled, I went back through it and was surprised by just how much is out in plain view once you know how to read it. Every thread that weaves together in the end is carefully placed hundreds of pages earlier, with skill and sleight of hand. This is definitely a book that rewards rereading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Abortion

Minor: Bullying, Rape

jazminkmarshall's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 Great book that kept surprising me the whole way through. Some have said it was a page turner for them, and I wouldn’t say that. It dragged for me in many places. That’s why I took off a little points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

kaitlin311's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Incest, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

1kraussgirl's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An unusual story with very odd characters. Two main characters who developed from youth to adulthood living very different lives but remained tight and trusting throughout their lives. The plot was unique in that the story line was hard to fathom. A little too hard to follow at times. Yet it did make you think a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Grief

Not appropriate for a reader offended by crude language.

mittan's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy

paigealbi's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny 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

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This book is a RIDE. Maybe a little bit too much of a ride. I really enjoyed it and raced to the end and was not particularly confused as I've read others were. Perhaps this is because I read a lot of long confusing fantasy novels, but I can see how others would lose track of the story. There are also some plot fails and the story gets more and more preposterous as it goes. Still, I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War

Minor: Homophobia

fennelseedsmom's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was sad the sake of being sad. I’ve never had a book take so much from me while reading and not in a good way. Adding a star because I liked the ending well enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Abortion, Murder

memorymaze's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

thebookaddict's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

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Deze dikke thriller geeft een uitgebreid beeld van het leven de hoofdpersonages. Soms zelf iets te breed. Het verhaal is erg uitgebreid, maar hierdoor raakte ik soms de draad kwijt. Ik had het gevoel dat een hele hoop informatie overbodig was. Het concept van dit verhaal is wel heel uniek. De manier hoe kunst hier wordt beschreven en verwerkt vond ik erg mooi. De schrijfstijl is ondanks dat het erg uitgebreid is wel goed en duidelijk. Het leest vlot weg en ik had geen moeite om dingen te begrijpen. Ik vond het sterk dat op het einde heel veel dingen logisch werden. De puzzelstukjes vielen voor mij op zijn plek. Stiekem had ik gehoopt op een goed einde voor twee van karakter, eventueel een kleine liefde🫣. 

Het boek bevat ook een aantal duistere onderwerpen, dus ik denk dat je je hier wel goed van bewust moet zijn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Pregnancy