Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

8 reviews

anniesbookpicks's review

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Child death, and Animal death

frmeden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Child death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

nrogers_1030's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I found some of it to be long-winded. I didn’t feel it was necessary to have back stories on everyone — including the people that discovered the remains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Abandonment, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Infertility, Death, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, Car accident, Grief, Misogyny, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

thereadingraccoon's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

hbrown00's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and Drug use

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Homophobia

niaviolet's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

Good mystery with interesting characters. Everyone in the book feels fully-formed, even if you only get their point of view for a couple pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia, Stalking, and Sexual assault

neniacorcoran's review

hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Sexual content