Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Monsters of Rookhaven by Pádraig Kenny

7 reviews

angelfireeast24's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This is a beautiful story full of rich characters. Highly recommend reading 5 of 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Blood

patchy_at_best's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and War

ivygirl1937's review

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

dustspectre's review

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Murder

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

katiemack's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I appreciate middle-grade writers who don't shy away from some of the more horrific elements of fantasy. This would be great for kids reading at the grade 6-8 reading level who want something that will challenge, excite, and scare them--I was definitely creeped out and horrified (in a good way) for much of this book.

Kenny has a lush way of writing his characters and his settings, so pick this up if you're looking for something like that. This is also another read that would be perfect for Spooky Season! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent