Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Twisted Emotions by Cora Reilly

3 reviews

shinyfox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

Very emotional. Dark but touching. It was a book that fed a part of my soul that I didn't know was hungry. It was longing and yearning, hopeful and beautiful.

I usually don't review books that I rate highly. It's just like "yup that was good, and on to the next book!", but I really want to remember the emotions this book evoked in me.
Future self: Yeah, it's worth re-reading.

Stealing this from another reviewer beacuse YES, this is why it hit hard for me: "It was mostly a story about overcoming your demons with someone else."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Minor: Kidnapping

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

If you're going to mention 20 times that he takes her pulse with his thumb, you should maybe double- check because that's impossible. The thumb has its own pulse. I rolled my eyes every time. 

Not much plot, just a very slow burn during which she somehow cures his neurodivergence. Nothing believable. Lots of repetition and filler and some very stilted dialog that nobody would actually say. There are some weird sections where none of the characters use contractions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Addiction, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Trafficking, and Violence

vicky_lit's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence