Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

51 reviews

aecoralie's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious slow-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

5.0

it's been a long time since i enjoyed a fantasy book this much. this story had everything i needed and more: compelling characters, atmospheric setting, and a nice mystery that kept everything nicely flowing. i can't wait to read the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, Death, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury

themelleh's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

her cousin is dying but sure, take a moment to boink death on the non-corporal plane while all the other souls are crossing the rainbow bridge.

and yeah, just let percy get away with being a matricidal/sororicidal little shit. i would have told blythe who tried to kill her and who did kill her mother, told elijah who killed his wife and tried to kill his daughter. screw pretence. 

Death being Sylas sucked and was such a cop out. I hate love triangles but it was <i>too</i> easy and Signa didn’t have to make a choice because it was made for her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, War, and Vomit

Minor: Blood

tuhkasirius's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death

calicat42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

teddy_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic friendship, Murder, Vomit, and Blood

birbmcbirb's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Sexism, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Vomit and Stalking

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! I cannot wait for the second one to be released! Death was so perfect and the descriptions were so beautifully written. As long as you can handle some spirits, I would recommend this book to everyone! I’m such a sucker for a Hades/Persephone tale and Belladonna was even better than I had hoped! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

introverted_reads's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

katievallin's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.25

This was a reread. Some things were more cringey and cliche and black-and-white than I remembered. Didn't agree with all the ideals pushed, but some of the quotes have just stayed with me and found a permanent place in my mind. The audiobook narrator does an excellent job.

"Your name is no curse, Little Bird. I just like the taste of it."

"You must not allow yourself to be consumed so thoroughly by death. It's not selfish to live."

"'It's exhausting,' Signa said as she looked down to her lap, 'to pretend you are something - someone - you're not.' Blythe took her by the hand. 'Then do not spend your life exhausted.'"

"To me, you are a song to a soul that has never known music, light to someone who has only seen the darkness."

"You are no soft thing to be coddled.... You are bolder than the sun, Signa Farrow, and it's time that you burn."

"I don't want you so focused on the world of the dead that you forget to enjoy that of the living."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Classism, Body shaming, Infertility, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Sexual content