Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Nocturna by Maya Motayne

10 reviews

crml's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation and Classism

duckie84's review against another edition

adventurous

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

jacquibear's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective 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

3.5

I really liked the characters and the premise. I especially loved the weaving of Spanish into the conversations and that it is the language of magic! The only reason I cannot rate it higher is because I found the pacing off. Through the middle of the book, I found myself not as eager to pick it up. The beginning had me fully engaged and of course the ending. But the middle I struggled with a little bit. 

Anyways. I think this story can actually stand alone so I'm determining if I will continue on! I originally thought it was a duology but it looks like it will at least be a trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Suicide

itstheesilvie's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.25

I really loved this book. If you’re looking for a Hispanic magical realism this series is for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

kaitlinlovesbooks'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

mals_library's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, Vomit, and Cursing

rosejoy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

This blew my expectations out the water!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, and Gore

annalisaely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved the magic system (three different types of magic, based on book learning, elemental affinity, and individual magic that manifests when you have need of it in childhood) and Finn's character. Alfie was only interesting for his relationships with other people, being Luka and Finn. I wasn't very interested in the plot, but that's a personal preference thing. I didn't like that the YA/MG Parent Problem (parents need to be either absent/dead or terrible people in order for young characters to get into life-threatening situations) by having the parents be perfectly lovely people and Alfie just not wanting to tell them the horrible trouble he has put the entire world into just because it would be embarrassing. It made it a lot harder to connect to his character. But, the world building and the actual conclusion of the story as well as dealing with past trauma of Finn's life really well up this book to a 4 star.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

the suicide is not related to mental illness but a sacrifice to save the world, is very near the end and easy to skip, a page or so when Xiomara reveals she has a wound in her stomach after the final confrontation.