Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sign Here by Claudia Lux

49 reviews

dani_reis's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

I hated all of the characters. The ending wasn't as confusing as some reviewers have made it out to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Torture, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion

Fantasy of adult/minor relationship by adult.

jennyvickery's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

sagechelle's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Pedophilia

agustdefault's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Grief

lauramparis's review

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

maregred's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cassielaj's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book surprised me in a lot of good ways! I didn’t know what to expect, but what I got was a twisty, shocking tale full of cynicism and hope, darkness and heart. And best of all, this book really makes you think: about goodness, about love, about choices. 
I was impressed with all of the threads the plot kept up with. I guessed some things along the way, but a lot of it still ended up surprising me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

This book is about Hell, and in some ways it’s what you’d expect… do with that what you will

brittanyloveox94's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Self harm, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief and Murder

lklitup's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

Not at all my typical go-to book, but hey— it’s spooky season! I’m so glad I went outside my comfort zone; and given the premise of this book, I stayed there.

Claudia Lux does a superb job of building two worlds and the characters within. I had a nagging suspicion that SOMETHING was about to happen, but I couldn’t figure out who, or to whom, or what it would be. I felt somewhat rushed along at the end when both storylines were coming to a conclusion, and while I felt surprised (in a good way!) by the end, I realized after some thinking I had lingering questions about some plot holes.

Am I going to dive head first into this spooky suspenseful genre? Nope, I’m going right back to rom coms, thank you! But I will recommend this book, and I will keep an eye out for anything else this author writes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Grief

Minor: Self harm