Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

55 reviews

phantomgecko's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

YA books have been a miss with me lately, but this one was actually good. I liked the writing. The characters made dumb decisions, but that's because they're dumb teenagers. And the decisions were not as dumb as they could've been.

The premise is fun. Feels like fantasy until you realize it's actually dystopian scifi. I mean, it's not crazy original, but it's different from what I've read in ways that make it interesting. The themes are similar/the same but that's how the genre goes.

So that's about all I've got. Dynamic characters, nice writing, interesting enough plot. I'm going to read the rest of them. Well...I'm going to read the main series. Not so sure about the prequels and intermediate novels or whatever. But the main 4.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Classism, and Death of parent

rbjennings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

knlipke's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad 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

4.5

I had fun reading this! I could spot the twist coming, but not from the character I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, and Classism

cowboylikebrie15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

bookaholic84's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

Wow; I finished this in one sitting what a fabulous book. I loved every second of it; without giving any spoilers all I will say is if you haven’t read it you must do so… 
The characters, the twists, the plot, I loved them all some I hated obviously but I loved that I hated them…  
I cannot wait to see where the rest of this series goes, so onto book 2 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Murder and Death of parent

unremi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

Epic dystopian 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, War, Genocide, and Stalking

britmpower's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

caelfind's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Classism, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

andreign's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death