Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

10 reviews

ink_and_wings's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Alcohol

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Gore and Grief

theferret's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Death of parent

my_forest_library's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

jailene's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Murder

angela005's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

lovelymisanthrope's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The Little Mermaid is one of my all-time favorite Disney movies, so I was very excited and intrigued by this take on an origin story. Overall, I did not have high expectations for this story, but I thought this book was fun and I just had a good time reading it. I really enjoyed seeing the story of the friend group and how much love Evie has for her friends. The ultimate betrayals broke me and made me very angry at the culprits. The plot is pretty slow in the beginning, and then a lot happens all at once towards the end, but I think it sets up the atmosphere for a series very well! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Dementia, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Animal death

bybookandbone's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

I found Sea Witch enjoyable for the most part, though its much more of a little mermaid retelling than the blurb would lead you to believe. Much of what happens in the original story happens here but the context is what changes.

The mid-story is quite slow with not much happening, it could have been edited down. I absolutely loved the ending/epilogue but

don't think the sudden romantic love between Evie and Nik was set up very well. What was the point of Iker then? He lent nothing to the story but confuse the reader. This 'twist' was handled clumsily.

Having said that, I still found it very enjoyable. 
I don't find myself having much interest in the sequel though. I liked this story and know the Little Mermaid back to front, I don't need more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

jojo_'s review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder