Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Chicas de Nieve Y Cristal by Melissa Bashardoust

14 reviews

venetiana's review against another edition

Not as gripping as the first book (which i LOVED!!), unfortunately. Maybe I'll go back to it at a different time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Racism and Gaslighting

ollie579's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

cecetomas's review against another edition

dark inspiring 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. It was a drier read so it took me two weeks to get through it but the imagery and character arcs were worth it. I thought the lessons and growth were really inspiring but also exciting and intriguing packaged up in a snow white retelling. I appr ciated that romance was not at the forefront of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Medical trauma

ramunepocky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I liked this book a lot and it was a really interesting and different spin on the classic Snow White fairytale. I loved how the title came into play and that both of the perspectives were, in some way, made of Snow and Glass. I enjoyed getting to see both Mina and Lynet’s perspectives, especially how we started with Mina 18 years prior so we could see her back when she lived in the sun and before/as she learned that her heart was made of glass, it made it all the more heartbreaking when she thought that she was incapable of love and incapable of being love, esp when mirrored with Lynet’s chapters where we can see how much Lynet cares for and admires Mina, and how it affected Mina when Lynet learned that she (Lynet) was made from snow and blood to give her life. I also really loved the sweet sapphic relationship between Lynet and Nadia, I loved that Nadia hadn’t rlly set out with the intention to befriend and fall for Lynet as she’d had ulterior motives in getting to know her, but threw that into the wind when she got to know her. I feel like there was a slightly pointless plot line where Lynet ran away to the South and encountered the Magician and then returning again, but alas, what can you do, IG it was important for Lynet’s understanding of what was happening and the decisions she made, but it felt so redundant. ALSO, i feel like the real antagonists of this story were both Lynet and Mina’s fathers because, both of them, for entirely different reasons, were absolutely despicable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting

emmiej's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Child death, and Death of parent

jazhandz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Blood

Minor: Vomit

greymuzzles's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment

wondermilk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

iris_lpb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-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

3.75

gaslight gatekeep girlboss <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent