Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

49 reviews

amibo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

krisalexcole's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, and Medical content

mythopoeia's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, and Alcohol

monnibo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Death and Death of parent

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.75

the writing alone is a 5/5 but the rest is just kinda meh. i wasn’t really interested in any of the characters and thought it was kind of weird that andy has spent his whole life ashamed of his sexuality but spends the whole book confidently flirting with every man he meets….? felt like there maybe should’ve been some inner turmoil with that. but the book does explore some interesting topics/themes surrounding oppression. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Grief

katievh's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

caidyn's review

challenging emotional 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

4.0

I so enjoyed this book. A murder mystery set in a queer household with an outed police officer who's trying to pick the pieces of his life up. I really hope this will end up as a series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Grief, and Outing

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Thank you to MacMillan and Netgalley for an ALC of this book.

Set in the '50's, ex-cop Andy gets a private detective job investigating the death of a woman after he is fired from his job when his homosexuality is discovered. His new job takes him to Lavender House and he discovers a world where queer people are able to exist happily with each other--if only in secret.

This was a page turner! I'm not usually a big fan of historical fiction and it can be really hard especially when it is set in such a homophobic era, but this was really good and had me gripped from the start. It is about queerness but it is NOT a romance at all. It's a murder mystery and it is so so good. This is gripping and chilling and definitely worth the read if you are looking for some suspense!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief