Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

129 reviews

_paperserpent's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

alexlynx's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Oh man how I loved the first 2/3 of this book. The writing is so good, bury me in her words honestly. The story started and it took me less than 5 pages to be completely drawn into this world. The main character has that kind of grinning, deserved revenge thirsty personality that I really like and the mysterious, creepy elements were not too intense but still made me shiver.
But then I feel like the story suddenly revolves around itself for way too long before any kind of official explanation is given, and when there is finally one it's not very surprising, which maybe wasn't the intention anyway but the absence of said explanation was so loud that it felt like there should have been some new element. That also extents to the plot twists,

except for the fact that her father was actually made by the monster,

most of them were pretty obvious.
And the last pages, the finale one could say, felt very very rushed as if there wasn't enough time and frankly not enough ideas on how to resolve it.

With the vibe of this book starting of so dark and lonely, I would maybe even have preferred a more tragic rather than a happy ending.

I still stand by the fact that the foundation of the story was really great and I haven't had my imagination run that wild in a long while. I will definitely check out other books by Schwab but I think I'll also be hunting for a book with a similar vibe and a more fitting ending to feel a little more closure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

iane_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Physical abuse

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Gaslighting

baearles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

daisyfont's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror and Child death

Minor: Abandonment

l_e_lavalle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Felt very flat, while the premise is enticing the writing and plot heavy story with lack of character development made it feel on the young end of YA. I can understand some people thinking it could be shelved as middle grade- I just don’t think the addition of suicide was necessary for the story but besides that the writing felt incredibly simplistic and juvenile. The atmosphere could be fun but a large portion of the book was slow until the end. I was left disappointed after the climax and wanting more of a resolution. Glad to cross it off the tbr, though I won’t be revisiting this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment

jpxsoleil's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Gore, and Blood