Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

19 reviews

melissafelicia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this story. I liked the vibe of the world, a sort of Renaissance French witches vs religious witch hunters story. I disliked the male mc at first but as his character developed, he started growing on me. The main plot was a bit predictable, but there were still some plot twists I didn't see coming. I'm curious about the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping, Self harm, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Child death

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Child death, Abandonment, Genocide, Torture, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, and War

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, War, Gore, Murder, and Sexism

pattyblom's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall a nice story, but it lacked some depth and world building in the beginning of the story. I also had to reread paragraphs to understand the story. And also the end was

a bit anticlimactic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Murder, Abandonment, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Suicide, and Self harm

michelerr55's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Torture

draculagirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I’ll use this as a lesson to try not to buy/read books that are more than 500 pages and check too see if it’s even remotely good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

fremzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Addiction, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Child death, and Child abuse

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol

prof_pelon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Torture