Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

5 reviews

asealey925's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Incest, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Murder, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

arroweee's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

Fantastic novel, but has some very difficult material, but the story is told so well!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Suicide attempt, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Police brutality

alexrenee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

Please check tw. There are some very heavy subjects.

I like the multiple povs. I like that we get backgrounds on the characters. I actually kind of liked that we got a view of the characters threw the eyes of the church. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

gracereads82's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

5 ⭐️ read! This was such a well written book, it’s hard to believe this is a debut! This will be in my top books of the year and favorite debut I have read in a while. The audiobook narration was excellent. Highly recommend it. I went back and forth between the print and audio and I could not put it down. I loved the multiple points of view, the friendships, that the church had its own point of view. Some characters weren’t likable but you got to know them and how they came to be like that. And I loved the Chicago setting. Fun fact, I grew up near the southwest side of Chicago and love how the author described the city. It’s a great city with good energy and a lot of distinct neighborhoods, with grit and problems but the best people. Gave me a bit of nostalgia. Highly recommend! I can’t wait to see what the author writes next!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Violence, and Death of parent

reading_ladies_blog's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse