Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

4 reviews

sarahb919's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved the ghost world! Loved the stories rich landscapes and how the lands of the living and dead reflected each other 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, Stalking, Drug use, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Sexism, Drug abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Body horror, Murder, Child death, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Self harm, Death of parent, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, and Pregnancy

lynssss's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

Really cool atmospheric escapism. I thought it would get darker really. But it did later in another way. Very interesting plot and characters that all coincide week with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Medical trauma, Grief, Drug abuse, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship

MC's father is pretty addicted for a lot of the novel to opium. He gets better for some of it though. One of the main pairings is a relationship between a early to mid 30s man and a 17 yo.

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous dark relaxing 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? No

3.5

Pros:

World building and characters

Historical perspective

Well-written, captivating storytelling (especially as an audiobook)

Learned about Malay culture and folklore

Cons:

How some of the plot points were “solved”

Lagging at times during second half particularly in the spirit realm

Ending felt very quick, feel like more could’ve been done with it

Overall I loved learning about the history, language, and culture of Malay! Wonderful historical fantasy novel that was good but not great-there wasn’t a “wow” factor for me. I enjoy learning about other cultures and beliefs so I’m happy to have read the book but it won’t be memorable unfortunately. Maybe because I’m not a big fantasy reader that “took away” from my experience compared to other readers?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail