Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

171 reviews

anguyen96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mkzvan02's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

emilyanza's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Although I really enjoyed Tory and Darcy and I found the world building really interesting, the amount of non-consensual acts in this book almost made me DNF. About 3/4 of the way through, the girls just resign themselves to the abuse. The sexual encounters feel tense and forced, especially after the excessive and constant bullying the girls face. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

dashap's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident

arianna_bauer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent

ania_reads_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

3 ⭐️
0.5/5 🌶 - basically 🫑

I had such high hopes for this book, as it was very hyped and has a giant following. I was quite disappointed when finishing it, but will because I have all of the books on hand.

The good:
✨️ The world and magic system is pretty well thought out. I like how heavy the WB is in this book, and that they have an element AND an Order.
✨️ The main idea behind the plot - fighting for their throne as rightful Heirs.
✨️ Orion - maybe it's because I'm in mh 30s, but something about this character has me drawn to him.

Hoping for improvement with:
⚠️ Character growth - it seems like the Twins are super whiny and annoying to me. Like the whole book, Tory is still not believing in her situation, and is reluctant to the whole thing. She also seems pretty shallow (wanting of material things). Darcy seems like your typical 18 year old that runs head first into things. Hoping for better development in the next books. 
⚠️ The writing - I know they both write a chapter each, but it seems really "young" to me. I feel like this book could have been at least 100 pages shorter than it was. I read over 400 pages and it just seemed to drag. 
⚠️ The plot - I need more action. I get it, boom 1 is usually world building, but a lot of the plot is kids doing kid things and not thinking logically. But again, it's 18 year Olds, I shouldn't be shocked. 

Hopefully I push through and am pleasantly surprised by book 14. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

catherine_77's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Death

kate_ak's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

2.25

This book was TERRIBLE the main characters were flat, the writing was tragic, it was giving 2013 Wattpad. That being said it sucked me in and I will be reading the rest but it won’t be good that’s why it’s two stars instead of one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Death of parent

sienna_jo511's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

3.25

The first book is not the best, but I have hope based on other readers experiences that it gets better and I’ll be more invested in later books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

tinkerreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

These girls are so STUPID!! It made me so mad that they were so trusting!! I am so excited to read the second book lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent