Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

3 reviews

tbs250's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Torture, Pregnancy, Infertility, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Misogyny, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Abortion, and Sexual assault

kvelpr's review against another edition

fast-paced

0.5

There is a lot of religion in this book for some reason 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Death

hissukissu's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

The story was really flat and shallow. It was tense and handled many difficult aspects as losing someone, fertility and religion. However it felt very unrealistic even for scifi book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit