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Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'
Yellow Jessamine: secrets empoisonnés by Caitlin Starling
15 reviews
mothmania's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
_p0ssum_'s review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
antimony's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
jillyfae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content
buttondragon's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: War
hexedmaiden's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, and War
Minor: Drug use, Torture, and Death of parent
reka111's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Something had come back on her ship, looking for her. And it was spreading
This book was so fucked up, but in the best sense of the word. I wouldn't really say it won me over, but by the end when everything became clear to me, I enjoyed it a lot more, especially after I found out why this book was given that title (imaginary what can I say). This book was very dark and scary, basically it was a bit similar to The Poison Diaries in terms of atmosphere, but not quite.
The characters were relatively okay, but I especially liked Evelyn (the main character) because she was closer to a
It was a good book, but the content was equal to zero, we stumbled through all 135 pages, which is exactly why it took me longer than usual to read it. As I said, the plot was boring, but at least it was interesting and most of the chapters ended with cliffhangers, which kept my spirits up.
This wasn't the story of a grieving widow or a witch, it was a woman's story who did bad things in a bad world but did everything she could to keep her soul.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Torture, and Blood
typedtruths's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
➸ Trigger warnings for
*Context: A boat full of infected sailors is set on fire to prevent a plague outbreak. In the opening scene, the protagonist observes the boat fire from the shore
▷ Representation: Evelyn (mc) & Violetta (sc) are sapphic.
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Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
➸ Trigger warnings for misogyny, attempted arranged marriage recounted, domestic abuse mentioned, alcohol consumption, drug abuse (on-page), smoking, miscarriage mentioned, body horror, emesis, physical injuries including eye trauma (intentional but nonconsensual chemically-induced vision loss), plague, grief and loss depiction, accidental poisoning of a mother recounted, murder of a father and brothers recounted, murder and attempted murder (on-page), physical assault mentioned, whipping, torture, poisoning (theme), kidnapping and captivity, and fire*. *Context: A boat full of infected sailors is set on fire to prevent a plague outbreak. In the opening scene, the protagonist observes the boat fire from the shore.sargasso_c's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent
applepieandeve's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction