Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft

3 reviews

garrettcz's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Alcohol, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Grief, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Outing, Pregnancy, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Alcohol

aseel_reads's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed the characters and the plot was good fun, but man the writing is so tedious and convulted, really detracted from the quality of the novel and world building. Will still read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Classism, and Murder

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Death

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War