Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

18 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I find myself  very surprised for liking this book as much as I did. Usually, fairy stories are too violent for my liking, but this one, though it did have violence in it, was more charming than anything, and that had everything to do with our maybe neurodivergent lead protagonist. She was adorable, full of heart and courage, smart, outspoken, determined, and ethical. Also loved her dog Shadow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

steph_weigle'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Grief, and Murder

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Vomit, and Alcohol

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Torture, and Vomit

bearwithhat's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

susanatherly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, and Kidnapping

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

Never underestimate the power of an autistic bitch with a special interest in faeries

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Alcohol

bzliz's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

I’m so utterly in love with this book that I’m considering starting it again immediately until I can go get the next one tomorrow. I hesitate to call this a cozy fantasy in spite of what other reviews say, mainly because I have never encountered a cozy fantasy that has real stakes endangering characters. Likewise, faeries have never been my number one fantasy fascination (I’ve always been drawn to witches), but I may seek out more in the future because this so thoroughly enchanted me. Often the romance overtakes other genres but this felt like the perfect dose for me. 

Emily is such a rich character who is sometimes hampered by her neurodivergence but in a roundabout way it leads to a wonderful found family. Wendell is endlessly charming and I adore Poe and the villagers. Watching Emily grow to love them all and care for them in her own way (even if it wasn’t her first, second or third thought) made my heart grow three sizes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief

Minor: Animal death

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

This book omg amazing. Soft cozy academia fantasy with grumpy x sunshine and 'touch her you die' and fairies. Emily is also 100% autistic, I'm not sure if that's something the author has said and I've never seen anyone else saying that she is but reading it she absolutely is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and War

rowanrelph's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol