Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

9 reviews

kshertz's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

It was an interesting dystopian view that left me with more questions than answers. I felt lost at times but soldiered through. Definitely for those who enjoy their dystopian a little more on the sad hopeless side. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Death, and Stalking

fatfatrat's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment and Car accident

pvbobrien's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, and Violence

sophiesmallhands's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

mandkips's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Body horror

howl's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

Very reminiscent of Angela Carter’s anthology stories “The Company of Wolves” and “The Werewolf” (which I love) but with a central mystery plot thread whose ending I found somewhat unsatisfactory—perhaps it could have used a slightly longer page count.

The eventual allusion to the Mabinogion was intriguing, and overall this novella was a nice homage to folktales and oral storytelling. I’d like to do a closer reading one day

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Gaslighting

racl's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Very fun! It's an engaging mix of an overarching story with 'tall tales' that all end up relating together in ways you don't expect going in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Infidelity, and Death of parent

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Vomit, and Murder

➸ Trigger warnings for emotional parental abuse, blood depiction, body horror, emesis, death of a father, murder of a husband by strangulation, car accident, the disappearance of a sibling, and animal death.

mairead_parade's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Jennings asks a lot of the reader to orient themselves in this story, but the feeling of uncertainty as to what’s going on is actually a key (and clearly intentional) part of the experience of this book. Because of that I think it would definitely benefit from multiple readings - as soon as I finished, I flipped back to the beginning to try to glean more meaning from it. This book is beautifully poetic and deeply unsettling, which ends up being a very worthwhile combination.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident