Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Spellhacker by M.K. England

15 reviews

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism

maddierandolph's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Blood

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Blood, and Gaslighting

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

Definitely a book for teens but still very cute! I love finishing a book and finding out the author is a librarian, it's like a little treat!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

dodie_sullivan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.0

The world building was really cool and had a lot of potential, but the MC was an obstacle. She refuses to share her thoughts or feelings with people and this leads to her pushing people away, then she's surprised when people leave.  I understand why her attitude was the way it was, but it was a lot to get through as a reader, and it was frustrating to listen to her internal monologue. I found that the MC was more palatable during action scenes. I would have preferred any other character's POV. That being said, I really enjoyed the world build, lore, and other characters. I've never come across a magic system quite like the one in this book and it was a refreshing idea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Medical content

bluejayreads's review against another edition

4.0

On the surface, an entertaining heist fantasy where a group of teenage magic thieves stumble on a conspiracy that they have to stop before it destroys the world. But it's also a viciously emotional story about loss, fear, friendship, and love. I can see how some people might find the emotions over-the-top and Diz's reactions ridiculous, but I found them spot-on to my experience with Borderline Personality Disorder. Even though I could see where Diz was making things harder for herself, I could relate. A solid read all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Abandonment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, and Excrement

Pandemic, natural disaster

hazel_noot27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Abandonment

bookwrapt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

3.2 stars, fast moving but underdeveloped

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent

sssssoup's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying

miserablemoons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent