Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Wretched by Emily McIntire

51 reviews

purplexwidow's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

kylasmv15's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

cristina_reading24's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

vickyz_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Murder

Minor: Death and Grief

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

1.5

Everyone is making dumb and impulsive decicions while reveling in dark deeds. I don't get how any of these people are able to keep up their cover identities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Stalking and Death of parent

savage_book_review's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Again, please see my previous review of this book for full thoughts, but I'm currently listening to the audio versions as they're about to disappear from the Audible Plus catalogue.

Thus far, this book has had the best narrators of the series. Both voices finally match the characters perfectly, and their inflections and changes in tone to give voice to other characters are all strong enough to stand out, but not so over the top that they ruin the mood. I'd STILL like to see them voice the lines of their character in their opposing chapters; I just think it makes sense! But the performances were good enough in this one that I wasn't as bothered.

The audio does make the story feel slower in pace than the physical read, and overall it does seem like there is less action (but there is plenty of 'action' 😉) in this one, so there are moments where it is easy to zone out. But then, that's good when you're using the books to relax! And it's definitely an easy listen.

I guess I'm not as drawn to this one as the 'good boy/bad girl' dynamic isn't my favourite (I prefer the other way around). But still, the characterisation is good and I like the way it doesn't feel too stereotypical or trope-y, while still playing off of those things.

One more to go (Crossed isn't on the freebie list, sadly...)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

rachelmoss2017's review

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

mbolde8's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder

nicoles_reading_corner's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

smorz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Gosh it started off so good, I thought finally a good one from Emily McIntire. Her vocabulary has expanded from the first two never after books to this one.

But then she has characters with irreconcilable differences just throwing their morals away for a good lay.

If she can just get story telling down these would be great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Grief, and Murder