Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

8 reviews

lestie4short's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, War, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Torture

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really really loved this book! A great introduction to this giant series. I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews on it and I agree with a small part of all of them. 

Someone said the first book is like a really long first chapter of a book. And while I agree, it’s a damn good first chapter. It’s an introduction to this fantasy world, but was so easy to understand, there was very little info dumping. 

I absolutely loved how all of the characters were built and their development. Their personalities, even the bad annoying characters, were so prominent it made the book so lovable and entertaining. Certain times when a character would appear I would get so excited to read their parts, no matter how small. And for a book that is mainly an introduction have that much character impact shows how great the character building and storytelling is. 

I will say I wish there was more internal turmoil between the two main characters Tori and Darcy. Their whole lives have been turned upside down and everything they’ve ever known is taken from them. And we don’t get to see much into their minds on how they are processing so much new information. It really lacked depth in that area. It was like after something incredibly strange happened, the girls thought about how weird and crazy this event was, and then just went along with it 2 minutes later. 

I loved the double povs between the twin mcs. But it would sometimes be confusing. I got a good grasp around 3/4 of the way into the book but before that I was having trouble deciphering between the two. There were many times where I was questioning which girl lived where, who has which power, etc. 

Also super random but the artwork on the beginning of each chapter was so beautiful but there were times where it wood cover up the words and I couldn’t understand what was happening. It didn’t happen every chapter but it happened enough for me to be annoyed by. 

Overall I really enjoyed this book, I’m so excited for the rest of the series so I could see more of each of the characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual content, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Murder, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

sophiepeach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Bullying, Stalking, Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

silvaserendipity's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Bullying

shortstackkat's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.5

I hated pretty much everyone this entire book. I was waiting for the “Carrie” moment where the twins finally kicked the heirs asses < but it never happened.> I can enjoy an enemies to lovers trope but this straight bully romance is not appealing at all. I groaned every single time the sisters had an internal debate about fighting their lust for a bunch of dickwads <who tried to kill them multiple times as a joke.> The only reason why I gave it two stars is because I do want to know when that kick ass moment will happen (because it has to) and find out what the grand mystery is between which fae class the twins are and who is behind the dementor attacks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Child death

oikawanina's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

It took me quite a while to get into the book. The pacing was kinda slow for me & I have just discovered that I am very disturbed by bullying & sexual harassment. 

I was disgusted by how the Heirs treated the Twins. Halfway through the book, I actually thought that Darius may not be such a bad guy but I regress. 

I know that there is more to Darius’s character but for now, I am keeping my thought of him as a douche. 

The ending was kinda anti climatic for me. I was expecting that turn of events but the whole plot of the book really kept me engaged to still finish the book. Ending the book left me with more questions than answers. 

Besides the bullying & the sexual harassment, it was an interesting & engaging read. 

I am not touching on the Twins’ character because I am hoping there would be a development in their character & abilities in the next book. Till then, I am saving my thoughts on them. 

Well then, off to the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, and Murder