Reviews tagging 'Grief'

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

9 reviews

linneak's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Classism

valpuri's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Alcohol

chelsearose's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

angel_girl's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

the_disreputable_dog's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

This book was really good. It was a good anti-hero story, and I was reminded a lot of Macbeth. I enjoyed all the characters, and I enjoyed that many were unreliable narrators as well. They always keep things interesting. It felt like you enter this story only knowing about half the info, and then you're seeking info out right along with the characters. I also like that nobody is really all that innocent in this book. All in all, I would recommend it to anyone who likes anti-heroes, unreliable narrators, or very dark stories with plenty of death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Infertility, and Grief

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Medical content and Grief

kaysokaybookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

alinwonderland's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, and Alcohol