Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson

8 reviews

al3xa's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

chamaeleontis's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Bullying, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, and Violence

amandalorianxo's review

adventurous funny inspiring 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? No

4.0

I loved the bonding between these young ladies and the fact that is was such a cool take on fighting not necessarily supernatural creatures but parasites. Prudence has quit the Ladybirds, a parasite fighting “Girl Scout” esque group shortly after her friend Molly died in combat. Sadly, her mom has decided that Prudence will be the one in charge of getting her prima (cousin) Avianna in tip top shape to follow in the footsteps of the legacies. Prudence thinks Paz (her older sister) would be a better fit but she’s in college and Pru has two more years left before high school graduation. The diversity amongst the cast was also awesome, centered around a plus sized (I believe Prudence is but I have to double check the descriptions one more time) Puerto Rican descendant. It’s got adventure, friendship, discussions on anxiety & PTSD as well as solidifying that you don’t have to be cold hearted (you can be a soft, girly fighter) and still get the job done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

Minor: Death

wallflowersperk's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

A better review will be forthcoming, but my favourite book by the author so far! And not just because I was amused by the local references. I really enjoyed the plot of Scout's Honor, and enjoyed the characters as well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

mfrisk's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Minor: Mass/school shootings

I thought this book was an excellent read. I think I probably would have liked it even more in middle or high school but I still felt I got a lot out of it I think if it were an adult novel version I would have wanted them to go a bit further with some of the ideas they explored but for a young adult novel I think this was a great foray into mixing the supernatural with a discussion of grief, fear, the pressure of living up to family’s expectations, and the importance of taking care of our mental health and practicing community care.

onceandfuturereaders's review

adventurous reflective slow-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

4.5

Buffy meets Stranger Things and add in some major PTSD and anxiety and you’ve got Scout’s Honor. It took me awhile to get into this book, which is typical when I’m reading a main character’s pov and they have anxiety (I can find that to be triggering). Once I got used to Prue’s voice, I was really able to dive into this one and enjoy it. 

I wasn’t a huge fan of The Beast at first, but she ended up being my absolute favorite character. The baby birds were all unique and made a great team and I loved seeing Prue changing the way she trained her scouts. I did not like how no one in Prue’s family, not even her father most of the time, seemed to care that she was clearly struggling with her PTSD and anxiety. It was hard to read at times, but emphasized the found family aspect a lot. 

All in all, I thought this was a great book and I always love to see a badass female main character. I do think this book being tagged as LGBTQIA is a stretch as the queer side character is only mentioned a couple times, but there was tons of other diversity amongst the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Bullying, Mental illness, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Gore, and Death

Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Homophobia

kaitplusbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Ableism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, and Death