Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie

5 reviews

illurielle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Sexual assault, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Child abuse

readingwiththeroberts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

 I loved this book so much! It literally has everything in it. You want apocalypse? Got it. You want vampires and werewolves? Got it. Greek mythology? Got it. Christian tales? That too. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table? You guessed it!

This book combines everything so well and there wasn't really any dull point in the book for me. I am loving the romantic side of this story, but that's not all there is to it. We get to see Jane lose her family and see how she copes with it. As well as finding a new family that opens their arms to her and accepts her as she is.

What you get:
~ A vampire knight that believes Jane is his soul mate
~ Death himself having a bond with Jane
~ Lucifer wanting Jane for the monster inside her 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death

darthprez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

selsolice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I found this book really interesting as a concept, but I don’t know if the first book made justice to the plot. I think the main protagonist Jane is a bit whiny, even though she is probably going through the worst time ever, it still is kind of annoying. Aside from Jane I really like the other characters and I find them interesting, every single one of the knights are lovable and even the bad guy is entertaining, although we didn’t see much of him in this first book. Clearly this book it’s an opening to this fantasy world and it really doesn’t give you as many answers as you might expect. Everything seems to be very surface level but I will read the next two books in the trilogy to make sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, War, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

sapphirerose00's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this. Iv seen some reviews annoyed how much Jane cries but as a weepy person myself i didn't mind, especially with everything she'd been through. I teared up several times just reading this book 😂  I loved that she wasn't a freshly 18 girl like most fantasy heroines and actually has 2 kids.
Iv never been into zombie type stuff. But the zombie apocalypse, combined with vampires werewolves and angels i just really enjoyed it.
And I love the love triangle, I dont know if it progresses to a poly relationship or she chooses one in later books but I know I definitely couldn't choose 😂
The only thing I didnt like was there was a point gawain was info dumping lots of lore and it was around the same time it felt like loads of characters were introduced so was an information overload there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death