Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Circle by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren

6 reviews

nadiaherondale's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Re-read 'cause I was obsessed with this book as a teenager (I still have it at home) and realized I never finished the series, so I'm gonna give it a go. Still a great YA fantasy with a bit of mystery, it has always seemed to me as a pretty mature book given the audience it 's directed to. Some parts were predictable but it might be 'cause even if I haven't read it for years I still remember things 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, Grief, Drug use, and Suicide

bookswstella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.25

Älskade början!! Jag var hooked från första sidan och även fast det tog längre än var det brukar ta för mig att läsa var den riktigt bra! 
Jag lånade boken av en kompis som tyckte att jag skulle läsa den men jag trodde typ att den skulle få 2/5 i betyg men jag hade verkligen fel och blev väldigt positivt överraskad! 

Den tar upp rätt tunga ämnen men är ändå väldigt lättläst jämfört med andra fantasy böcker jag läst. Sen var det var flera av karaktärerna (speciellt Anna-Karin) som jag störde mig på och blev frustrerad över hur de hanterade vissa situationer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kirame's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual content

wildasbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favorite novels of all time. Love the other two books of the Engelsfors trilogy just as much as the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Eating disorder

Minor: Mental illness

axolotl934's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

booksthatburn's review against another edition

Did not finish, 14% in. Maybe I’ll try this again someday, but the mood whiplash from the very early, very graphic death which kicks off the plot was too much for me. The plot shocked me and then meandered for a while, I’m sure it has a destination but I’m not ready right now for the journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

fatphobia, homophobia, bullying, toxic relationship, adult/child relationships, drug use, confinement, grief, mental illness, eating disorder, dysmorphia, blood, self harm, suicidal thoughts, suicide, child death, death.