Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Wretched by Emily McIntire

51 reviews

gwheezey's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bem13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

gracehannahh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.25

There is no redeeming qualities when it comes to Evie in my mind, that woman is off her rocker. I did like Nick, though, which made it more complicated. Also the spice hit well. 

Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, 3 3/4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

anna_333's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lydiasmith'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

3.0

I liked that the lady main character had the morally gray traits! Also the wizard of oz/wicked references were amazing. Always makes me smile. I didn’t love the Mr. Main character I didn’t find him to be particularly interesting but I don’t think that was the intent. The focus is more on other characters growth and drive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

_courtreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Wretched - Emily McIntire

“Are you quoting Shakespeare to my pu$$y”

Wretched is a dark “retelling” of the wizard of oz. Eveline, our FMC, is a morally grey, trigger-happy bada$$, compared to the cinnamon roll MMC Nicholas. Whilst they’re polar opposite, she should be everything he hates, they could be each others downfall, you cannot tell me they were not meant to be. The reason I say “retelling” is because everything you know about The Wizard of Oz? Forget it. 

If you love;

✨Morally grey FMC

✨Fairytale Inspired

✨Age Gap

✨Kn!fe to Throat

✨Villain gets the man

I wanted an “easy” read/listen whilst I was doing something, and by easy I mean didn’t need my full 4 brain cells working at once. And this was that. Don’t take “easy read” as cute and fluffy, whilst this was cute in the darkest way, it was dark, possibly triggering for some, but for my blackened soul this was perfect. I don’t know how something so dark had my wanting to kick my feet. There were times my partner questioned why I was smiling to myself. 

The 🔫 scene, makes others look sane.

I loved this book, devoured it in one sitting, it had me feelings so many things. I think Evie is up there in my top 3 FMCs. If there’s something Emily knows how to do, it’s write a villain you can’t help but love. 

Genre; Dark Romance X Fairytale “Retelling”

Pages; 306

Rating; 4.5/5⭐️

Spice; 4/5🌶️

Series or Standalone; Interconnected Standalone (3rd in the series)

Tropes or Themes; morally grey FMC, cinnamon roll MMC, Age Gap, Villain gets the man, kn!fe to throat, praise, undercover cop x crime boss, enemies to lovers

⚠️ Check for content warnings ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

angielee83's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

This was a wonderful re-telling of the classic wizard of OZ. Character names are different and the setting is completely new. I loved how imaginative it was and the character strain of emotions was intense! Love, love, love this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

nightowlreader46's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.25

 Content Warnings: sexual content, violence, gun violence, blood, gore, torture, murder, and death.
Mention of: abandonment, grief, loss of loved one[s], and addiction.

OMG this was, by far, my FAVORITE book of this series! I absolutely adored getting to know Nick and Evalina! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, and Abandonment