Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

15 reviews

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

siob___'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

dani_saur30's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

laurawoods13's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

This one was hard. I liked the ending but it took way too long to get there. It was really slow and I found it really hard to remember what was happening each time I picked it up to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Death of parent

oliverlang's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder