Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Là où les arbres rencontrent les étoiles by Glendy Vanderah

14 reviews

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Dementia

kaylahcc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Murder

shyleek's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm not a sci-fi reader but this alien book has me intrigued. The characters in this books were so well created and deep without feeling like I was reading character descriptions for 200 pages. A predictable read but in the way that you were pretty sure how it was going to end but knew it wasn't going to be easy to get there and wanted to go on the adventure with Gabe, Jo, and Ursa. 

I don't have triggers when I read normally but check the trigger warnings because there is some sensitive material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Drug use and Terminal illness

jenbean's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

sharebear431's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

beccaj11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

I could not put it down! It was one of those books that I was thinking about throughout the day waiting to get back to reading it. I loved the characters and the unique plot. In some ways, it had some really predictable tropes (that I personally enjoy and find comforting), but in other ways was incredibly unique and unexpected. The way the author crafted Ursa’s story and approached the trauma she experienced blended with this very real sense of magic was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

eheath08's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

beata's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

It would've gotten another 0,5*, if it wasn't for the extramarital affair subplot. The way Jo was like "yas girl" about Katherine fucking her husband's best friend and getting pregnant (and forcing her husband and lover to have a "confrontation" about two of them being snivelling pieces of shit, except Jo of course stands on the side of cheaters). What? Sorry, but you can't spin affair like that. I found her to be very dismissive of Gabe's feelings about it. In general I didn't like her attitude towards him at times. When she was trying to dismiss his mental health I wanted to smack her. I'm glad Gabe called her out on it. Or how she forced him to shave even though he told her why he kept beard.
I'm not sure if it was intentional or if the author didn't notice it, but even though later on the affair is presented as something good *eye roll*, Lacey informs the audience and Jo (who doesn't give a fuck, because of course she doesn't) that Arthur was actually broken up about the affair and Katherine's pregnancy. So to see everyone treat that and Katherine and George's reunion like something good was fucked up.
Oh and Gabe's "I now know love, so I understand people having affairs"? I thought you were better Gabe.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Pedophilia

yaelm's review against another edition

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

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

3.5

Most of this book was closer to 4 stars or even more, but some parts…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder