Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sleeping Beauties by Owen King, Stephen King

5 reviews

mandi_lea's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Cancer, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Sexism, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Racism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, and Addiction

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexism, Blood, Sexual violence, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Grief, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Cancer, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

rondasue27's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Misogyny and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

kirareads02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

So I started reading this and couldn't get into it so I brought the audio book. It felt like a love letter to women and something to draw attention to women and their lives and struggles.

<Spoiler> The ending was kind of anti-climatic which I my only draw back of the entire book, however I understand the ending and why it needed to be that way. I would have liked a bit more explaining about Evie and who she was and who sent her. <Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Child death, Blood, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Bullying, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Cancer, Antisemitism, Abortion, Dementia, and Death of parent