Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

9 reviews

o_mcg318's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness

ocean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

poisoning, PTSD, and neglect of children

marleywrites's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

The amazing sequel to A DARK AND HOLLOW STAR that I simply could not put down. 

A CRUEL AND FATED LIGHT really dove into character development and we learned so much more about each character’s wants and dreams. I was loving the role of Celadon and Theo in this book, they really helped propel the series forward. 

Yet another appreciation review regarding the LGBTQ+ rep- letting the readers know Celadon is ace really made me feel seen as an asexual individual myself. I would love to see this expanded upon. The queer diversity in this book is incredible. 

The first 500 pages or so, I was loving the vibes and the pacing of the story. I was loving spending time in the characters’ world and getting to know them. Then. The last one hundred and fifty pages had me pulling my hair and screaming. How could you Ashley Shuttleworth!!!! HOW COULD YOU END IT LIKE THAT!!!!!

5/5 stars, I can’t wait for the next book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol

pey333's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Cursing, Violence, and Death

Minor: Suicide

ankonyx's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Gore, Death, Murder, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexism, Miscarriage, and Suicide

raimskiereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Infidelity

ninjamuse's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

leahjanespeare's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

A very satisfying second installment in this series! IT QUEER, IT SAPPHIC, IT GAY, IT FULL OF TENSION ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. There are villain backstory interludes! Sexy sword lessons! Bodyguard pining! Inclusive fae mythology! A super nerdy magic system involving a 20 sided die that I will never not find entertaining! And throughout all of this, more world building and new characters (part of that tension) and some great setup for the next book! 

There are also some trigger warnings: suicide off-page and on-page, grief, death, blood, working through trauma. The author has posted (website) where some of these possibly triggering mentions are in the book. Be kind to yourself in reading it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Violence