Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

4 reviews

_nyctophob1a_'s review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

My fave book trilogy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Classism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, War, Genocide, Child death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Racism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Self harm, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

lizzyc_16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i finished this like 1 minute ago and...

what the frick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Xenophobia, War, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Genocide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic friendship

oliviaferlazzo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book did not turn out like I expected. I kept thinking, “oh she’ll overcome that cause like, she’s the main character… oh wait… so no? But wait, yeah she will right?” Basically just like that throughout the whole book. 
But yeah, Marie Lu did an amazing job at expressing the fear of darkness and what you could do to people. This personally is the first book I’ve read like where you see that darkness firsthand— the actions and consequences and the sad humanness of it all. Really it reminded me of when I was a child and I didn’t know how to control my emotions or thoughts and everything was just roiling around. 
I had to close the book and weep at the turn of events and the way things ended up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

diaries_of_a_realist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

The best villain mc I have ever read. Conflicted intentions, betrayal, and uncertain loyalties. I was hooked from the beginning but the middle to end was by far the best. My favorite thing about this book was that EVERYONE is a morally grey character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief