Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

36 reviews

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? No

5.0

Okay what the fuck. I did not expect to cry. And it was so much worse reading it from Adena and Mak's pov's. It was so good though just hate that it made me cry and that Adena and Mak didnt get more time together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I was excited to get more about Adena and what happened to her but this was a big letdown.

I knew what was coming the whole time and it just made me sad. Also the fact that we still got no reason other than the King hated Paedyn is upsetting but not surprising.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Sexual harassment

enzopudge's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

madi_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Rating: 4/5 stars

A novella set during the same timeline as POWERLESS, this is the story of Adena’s experiences during the trials.

This is a short and fast read (I read it mostly in one sitting), and adds a lot of color, depth, and context to the POWERLESS universe and characters. Overall, it definitely didn’t grab me quite the way POWERLESS did, but I LOVED Mak, and the story was definitely super emotional. I’m hopeful that some of the events and characters here will tie into the rest of the trilogy, but I’m glad I read this either way.

CW: Violence/blood/death/grief; child abuse; sexual harassment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Sexual harassment

eviej2010's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

jennh96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

bmceleney's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

Somehow knowing the ending just made the book cruel but also beautiful to read the other perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

graceev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse

karydiazc's review

dark emotional sad 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

2.75

This book was sad, but we all knew that before we started reading it, and altough it was supposed to be that way, it felt very bland to me.

We were given an instalove once more, where the characters go from "I don't like you" to "you are now the love of my life" in such a short time, and even if it wasn't such a short time in the timeline of the book, it was quite fast for us readers. 
Shure, we saw them warm up to each other, but the jump from warming up to love was so fast I didn't even felt conected to Mak as a character.

Anyway, I think Mak's power is an interesting twist for the future of the books and, if done properly, it can make the story a lot better. Unfortunately I won't find out since I won't keep reading this series. I don't think I'm the target audience for this books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping and Injury/Injury detail