Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Una magia más oscura by V.E. Schwab

26 reviews

theslowreadernumber5's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

p good. the character work is incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

triin_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, and Sexual harassment

alyssadavis's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

"You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

msradiosilence's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Let me start by saying this book is good. Really good even. It's definitely enjoyable. But I just don't love it, and I don't really know why.
The characters are simple, but they still have motivations that make sense, and they're deep enough to be believable. The plot had a habit of introducing information in weird ways - either just in time to be useful or just after the reader was surprised by something. Sometimes, an explanation in the text (that was very tell-y) would leave out a detail and then only provide it later after a twist happened that the reader might have expected if we'd had that info. That kind of thing.
But it's fun and quick and light if that's what you're looking for in a book. I just was expecting something more after all of the hype.

Characters - 7
Plot - 8
Setting - 9
General appeal - 7
Writing style - 7
Originality - 9
Ending - 6

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment