Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

469 reviews

morgankendrick455's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, War, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

tabea1409's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Sexual content, Cursing, and Gore

hannahcadwell's review

adventurous dark sad 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

4.25

I really wanted to dislike this book. Rebecca Yarros has made some… questionable choices in her writing and her public presence, but when a coworker lent me the book I figured I might as well see if the hype was worth it. And yeah, her writing can be lazy and the romance made my skin crawl at times, but DAMN. This book pulled me IN. It really reminded me of the fantasy I loved so much in middle school but written for me as a 20-something. I mean, the Divergent parallels are so strong. But there are things that I think Yarros did well. I loved how she included a disabled main character and didn’t have magic just, cure her (bonus points for including a Deaf/Hard of Hearing character!). There is queer representation (albeit mostly in background characters) without being weird. And as I reached the latter part of the book I felt that the story became more unique. I’ll be diving into the second installment with relish, but I’ve still got my eye on you, Rebecca.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

jords1808's review

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief

stripy_gloves's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Hate crime, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual content

anried's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, War, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Murder

anilein's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Toxic friendship, War, Torture, Cursing, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Ableism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Sexism, and War

everblued5967's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Grief, and War

Militarism is strong in this one

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Body shaming, Torture, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gore, Physical abuse, Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Genocide, and Vomit