Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A vadvirágok magabiztossága by Micalea Smeltzer

111 reviews

ohmygodgrace's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol

anovelglimpse's review against another edition

4.0

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The Confidence of Wildflowers would have been a 5 star read for me based on the writing and the romance between Salem and Thayer if it wasn't for how their relationship started and the horrible thing that happened toward the end. There was a lot of stuff that would have readers running who avoid certain content warnings. Honestly, if I hadn't read The Persistence of Thornes with Caleb's romance and been warned ahead about some of it, my rating might have been a 3. I would normally probably avoid a book like this, but I am glad I read it. I'm excited to find out what comes next in the sequel to this duet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent

xb_hopex's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing

Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy

mseunarine's review against another edition

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Sexual assault

morgue102's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

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There were several triggers I was not anticipating even with the warning page. This book is incredibly sad. The main character sees more tragedy, more heartache, than any one person should. And even still, she is resilient and tries to bring sunshine to everyone else’s world. I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. It was a quick read, definitely brought on some tears though, so not necessarily the light summer reading you might assume it to be at first glance. I’m looking forward to getting the second book soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

juliaxgulia's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Holy crap, to think I almost DNF. That ending was wildly traumatic, but I understand why it is. The age gap romance trope was hard to get through, but the writing perfectly captured the heartbreak of what often happens in an age gap relationship, especially when one party is barely legal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic relationship

katiepatricee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief

spicedteareads's review against another edition

2.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

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: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death

shahad_isam's review against another edition

2.75

dark medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

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WTF. Justice for Caleb]
[Absolutely loved the beginning 150 pages and the commentary and everyth7ng she was thinking and going through was relatable to some extent but since the cheating scene happened I was uncomfortable for the rest of the book. Also the fact that they killed Forrest -the kid- is unforgivable and felt like it only existed for drama which is just terrible.]
[But I kinda love the writing and there were beautiful sentences.]

The more I think about it, the more I want to lower the raring. It pissed me off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death