Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Twisted by Emily McIntire

35 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lollyac01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

kiwij96's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

Having heard about the Never After series for a while, I thought I'd give it a try and honestly I think I'm in love. Aladdin is one of my favourites so I loved the obvious references to it throughout the book. The plot itself was great, and you can see the characters developing chapter after chapter. Maybe I should have been prepared for the plot twist that came right at the end there, but I was not, and it actually surprised me. However, I would happily go the rest of my life without hearing or reading the words "my wife" again bc this book used that phrase so much it lost all meaning. Definitely check the trigger warnings on the website though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emiliamaria76's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

siffpedersen's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

dgprus's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.5

It’s not the best in the Never After universe, but it beat Wretched by far. 

The story is smooth as it grows, the characters become well rounded and the ending is oh SO satisfying. 

I’m all for a classic age-gap, enemies to lovers romance with spicy scenes that will make even the most sexually liberal of us blush. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Rape, Sexism, and Classism

sawyernarro's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Grief