Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ruthless People by J.J. McAvoy

5 reviews

vix_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, Blood, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

ksheetz713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.0

The book started out solid for me. Then around 40% through, it started to fall short. I loved the strong FMC and the growth to working together. The author started introducing new POVs that didn’t really further the plot. Maybe setting up for future books, but it threw me out of the reading. A ton of unbelievable plot points. Overused pregnancy trope. 😩 Just overall no. Glad to finish the book, but won’t continue with the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

rosie_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

marshallreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Torture, Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Cursing, and Violence

sirdemalmanche's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, and Trafficking