Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Rouge by Mona Awad

84 reviews

kendal_reads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, and Death of parent

sunwaves's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

sp00ky_girl28's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

Minor: Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Gore

bookb1itch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So. Weird. Creepy and sexy and literary. Something that could be read over and over, with new interpretations.  Gorgeous descriptions, with the repeated themes of red, roses, silk, water.  When Belle starts "forgetting" words, some of her substitutes are really telling: eg "sin" instead of "skin"; "derange" instead of "arrange".  There's a real madness there, in amongst the Tom Cruise and 80s music references.  I waited months for this from the public library and it was so worth it.

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Content Warnings

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

valeriedittrich's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

i never wanna see tom cruise again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Grief

makeintoall's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Classism, Violence, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Death, Cursing, Cannibalism, Murder, and Blood

sydresnik's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Dysphoria, Dementia, Death of parent, and Grief

themoonsbacchanal's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A dark and tense story about beauty, the pursuit of it, and the dangers that lie in this industry. Paired with the cult-theme, which also works as a metaphor for the beauty industry to some extent it is a fascinating but disturbing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Physical abuse

siobhanward's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

This was a bit of a disappointment for me unfortunately. I liked the idea of this book, but couldn't put my finger on why it felt so familiar until another reviewer pointed out how similar it is to Awad's <i> All's Well </i>. There was just so much overlap in the feeling of the plot (even if the plots themselves were different) and in particular, the protagonists. While this book might have been ok with a compelling plot that moved quickly, unfortunately it felt like Awad wasn't sure what direction she was going in for some of the book, which meant that things moved in circles for a lot of the book. By the time I got to the end, I just didn't care anymore and wanted it to be over, which is never a good way to end a book. 

Awad definitely appeals to my love of weird books, so I'll definitely continue to read what she writes, and I hope it'll be uphill from this point!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

applejuiceinabox's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness