Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Criaturas luminosas by Shelby Van Pelt

263 reviews

teetasse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Grief

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

the octopus bits were frankly a bit ridiculous, even with my usually vast ability to suspend disbelief. why would an octopus understand human genetics. or know what a cuckold is. what. minus 2 stars bc those parts completely broke me out of the flow of the story  

otherwise, the found family aspect (is that the term for non-queer versions of this?) was really sweet, and I liked the mystery of it all. cute read! the writing felt nice on the eyes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Lovely read. The audiobook is narrated beautifully, I would highly recommend it. My only complaint is that the author doesn't seem to have written anything else since and I've badly fallen in love for her writing. Alas...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, and Grief

marippe's review against another edition

3.75

“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Child death, and Grief

megj23's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use and Abandonment

etwasinspired's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Great, engaging but light read. I did feel like the main character acted like she was 30 years older than her real age, which I didn’t understand, but still this is a fun book which most people would probably enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Drug abuse

risemini's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Death

m_maria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The book's action unfolds slowly but leads to quite unexpected events. I loved octopus'es diary entries as a part of the narration.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Death

alastaire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

Very heavy, death focused. 
I loved each of the characters but thought the general message of the book was a bit off. More info on that in spoiler:

I thought they were setting up a found family story but then it didn't matter to the characters (as in they didn't form a closer familial type bond with each other) until they discovered that they were actually related by blood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, and Cancer

Minor: Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

gabthebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief