Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

El año de gracia by Kim Liggett

3 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Overall, loved this one. Very lord of the flies-esque and like Wilder Girls. My only criticism is that the message is like don't let men decide the fate and everything of women (women are their own entity and should fight for freedom/equity) but a lot of the defining moments for Tierney, the main girl, is centered around men. I could've dealt without

two men being in love with her and her falling in love with a poacher. And the fact that her love for some dude motivated her for survival. The ending was giving me "Katniss learning to love Peeta" vibes with having kids even though in the beginning the main character didn't want any domestic life. The guard thinking she was his property and being entirely unhinged was a nice surprise moment in the book for me tho

. Well written and kept me enthralled the whole time. Couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Infertility, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Vomit, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Pedophilia

beccanpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

nya_r's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

This book was so good! If you’re like me and don’t usually gravitate towards dystopian novels, you would still like this. In my opinion, the last quarter of the book was a bit convoluted, but still enjoyable. I would definitely recommend. Please be sure to look up TW if you need to!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Death, Sexism, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Animal death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, and Rape