Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

19 reviews

maddireads13's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

chickaboogawah's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Alcohol

kaybird's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

It's hard to follow the author in the setting. What time frame, which character, etc? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Death of parent

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My only disappointment with this book is that I must wait for her to publish the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol

pphector's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

franklola's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

alisonreadsitall's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

Wow. Seriously I don’t know how she [Louise Penny] does it. 😭🤯

I felt emotional and physical distress while reading this, but in the best way possible.

 I hate spoilers so I feel I can’t say much without giving anything away, but I highly recommend this series if you enjoy murder mysteries with a twist. (But you must read them in order to get the full emotional
effect.) Louise Penny is what actually really got me back into reading again back in 2020 and I’m so thankful for these books. 🥰

I feel like I must mention the content warnings because these books definitely deal with some heavier topics (besides just murder).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

asacco9642's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

trippalli's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

A gruesome murder mystery.. The art and poetry and mystery and somewhat interesting, but this isn't my cup of tea ( probably poisoned anyway)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kaitlinnoodles's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Mass shooting cw: includes a somewhat fictionalized account of the

1989 mass shooting at École Polytechnique

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation