Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

12 reviews

danielnski's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Chronic illness

Minor: Lesbophobia and Death of parent

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Drug use, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Ableism, Death, Child death, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Blood, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit, Infertility, Animal death, Pregnancy, Incest, and Alcohol

Betrothal between cousins, but no actual relationship.

hannah_steven's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

lord_morpheus's review

emotional hopeful tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Outing, Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, and Body shaming

burnourhistory's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

lexihworth's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

hmatt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Another great contemporary addition to the <I>P&P</I> universe. I'm finding that I quite enjoy these stories where we deep-dive into a minor character. 

For whatever reason, though, I wasn't quite as compelled by this novel as I was by <I>The Other Bennet Sister</I>, which is the last one of these takes I read. This one is a bit lighter on plot, maybe, and it feels a bit too long. Part 4, in my opinion, was completely unnecessary and can be omitted from your reading.

Moreover, what the f is the author trying to say about substance dependency and abuse in Part 4?? Because it kind of seems like they're glamourizing it by having Ann return to using laudanum, which is not cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Classism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Outing and Rape

Minor "rape" tag refers to one instance in Part 3 where a character describes engaging in sex with their partner in a period-typical way that would be considered non-consensual now.

shelbybelby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

barleymowetc's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Addiction, and Child abuse

Minor: Death and Death of parent

mairead_parade's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

A very enjoyable example of the reimagine a classic minor character trope, with a really beautifully done ending. My only complaint was that the detox process felt a little glossed over, which didn’t seem right given how central it is to Anne’s development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent