Reviews tagging 'Death'

Moth to a Flame by Ashley Antoinette

10 reviews

kendramekalle's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow! Just wow! I went into this kind of blind. This book was the talk of a FB group I’m in and I wanted to see what the hype was all about. The themes were difficult, and our main female character Raven stressed me out. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, Cursing, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting and Stalking

thewellreadlabrador's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Drug use, Addiction, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Torture, Death, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Rape, and Trafficking

_geminigenres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Miscarriage

destheesquire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

scorttarius's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

1.0

This book was certainly not for me. I only finished for the messiness but it was too much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, and Sexual content

jadorereadss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book absolutely broke me! Raven definitely made me very upset till about 75% into the book, but then I was proud of her. It was such a bad situation she was in and I really hated that for her because no person deserves to go through that. But the ending?!

why would you do that? 😭 why would you let Ethic and Raven get right to each other, he finally learned the truth why she left him, just to have his own goons kill her?! I knew she was gonna die bc I’ve read the Ethic series but still, my heart broke. Nikki didn’t deserve that. I will say that I like the way Ethic decided to revenge Raven

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Addiction, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Suicide, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Police brutality, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Car accident, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

kaylahuey's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting and wild story for sure! Let me just say how much I love Ethic. He’s easily the best part of this book. Some parts can be very frustrating to read, as you just want to shake the main character and scream “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!” But the closer you analyze and realize what’s going on, you realize how bad of an abusive situation the main character was in. It really makes you sad for her and the people around her affected by her abusive relationship with Mizan. Wish it had a happier ending as I was really rooting for Raven and Ethic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

remie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage and Body shaming

deidra_shadetreereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

**EDITED/UPDATED***
OMG! What do I even say about this book?! It was a wild and crazy ride that I was highly entertained by! Moth to a Flame snuck in at the end of the year and got on my favorites list. I finished it about 30 minutes ago and I really shouldn't be writing this review yet because my emotions are still reeling tbh. The writing was super engaging and accessible. I borrowed the audiobook from my library via hoopla and the voice acting was great!
MtaF is essentially a coming of age story for a street king's princess. ***LOADS OF CW/TW for drug use/abuse, domestic violence on page*** Raven is our MC and she's around 17 years old at the start of this book. She has it all and wants more and there's nobody around who can check her. She finesses her way into a club she knows damn well her father would be mad about her being in and ends up meeting folks and making choices that would reach far beyond a night out on the town. I loved how the action jumped off right in the beginning. And while I was compelled to keep reading because of the break-neck pacing, I did take off a star because the fast pace in the last part gave rise to too many questions/plot holes. I know that choice was probably made on purpose because there are soooo many spin offs set in this same world. I don't need endings to be tidy but I do need them to not have glaring holes. That said, I'm actively stopping myself from abandoning my other books and blowing through as many books in this series/world as my eyes and ears will allow!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism