Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

85 reviews

toasst's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

I really enjoyed the concept presented . I just wish we had more in the ending or at least an epilogue . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

whosgina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Gun violence

madamenovelist'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Confinement, Gaslighting, Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

lizzisok's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Medical trauma, Gore, Death, Violence, Cursing, and Suicide

onalark's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Suicide, and Medical content

Moderate: Kidnapping

mrexroat's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

This gets 3.5 because of the pace and the ending. At first the book was kinda slow-paced, but then as the story went on, it got faster. I did really like this book though, even though it got pretty morbid at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Suicide, Child death, Medical content, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Self harm, Murder, Gore, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Blood

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Medical content, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Vomit, Confinement, Violence, and Murder

lauren_shilling's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was incredible! I was actually shocked by how much I enjoyed it! I haven't been enjoying YA books as much recently, and this isn't usually my favorite genre, but this book really reminded me why it's so important to step out of my comfort zone and read books I wouldn't normally pick up. This book is sapphic and feminist and just so incredibly good. I loved how the author chose to handle the relationships between all of the girls in this book, and not just the main character and her two friends. I loved how all of the girls interacted, and how it was clear that morals were so blurry because of everything the girls were going through. I absolutely loved following Hetty. She was such an interesting character, because it's clear she is a very good person who is forced into a situation where good people aren't always the ones who make it, so she has to adapt in ways a person should never have to do. Despite that, her capacity to love remains in tact, and she loves her friends so deeply. She is one of my favorite main characters of the year, I think, and she really made this book for me. The sapphic elements of this book were amazing too, and I think keeping it to a minimum was a good choice in this story. While I did love the slight romance happening, it really took a backseat because of everything else going on in the story. While this might be seen as a negative for some people, I really loved how it played out. A romance really should not be a priority when in a situation like this, and I liked how the characters did seem to acknowledge that in a minimal way. They were much more focused on everything happening around them, but their feelings for each other were still very much there. I loved how it shone through sometimes, because it felt like a glimpse into what should be instead of what is, as well as into the humanity of two people who's humanity was oftentimes in question. Every character in this book is, in some way, morally gray, and I found it so interesting to decipher which ones are that way because that's just who they are and which ones are that way because they're forced to be. The ending of this book was absolutely perfect in my opinion. It was wonderfully done. Before getting to the final few chapters, I was leaning towards giving this book a somewhere between 4 and a 4.5 stars, but after I finished it, I knew it was definitely a five star. I really loved this book, and I would highly recommend it!
Also, side note, the cover is absolutely gorgeous. It's one of my favorite covers I've ever seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Grief and Animal death

sareidle's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Terminal illness, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Grief, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Animal death, Self harm, and Physical abuse

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

If you heard this book was sapphic and are picking it up solely because of that don’t. You need more information. That’s what I did and I was shocked and not in a pleasant way. 

The love story is not the main focus of the book seeing as it is not a romance and it is really barely there at all. Frankly, these girls have other, bigger things to worry about. 

This is a horror story with a lot of body horror and murder so just be prepared. An infection has spread through the girls on an island and changes their bodies in terrible ways. It is a little Lord of the Flies esque in the way that have to fight for food and survival, but their bonds with each other are stronger. 

I personally thought the ending was very satisfying and ended exactly how it needed too. However it is an ending that leaves interpretation to the reader so if you don’t like that don’t read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

Minor: Self harm and Cannibalism