Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Change by Kirsten Miller

47 reviews

anne_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Child abuse, Body shaming, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

mandi_lea's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

barbsantos's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

This is revenge porn with magic! I love how the women embrace their powers after menopause, when society says that women lose their value. There is a lot of pain and sadness in this book, but there is also payment, justice, and revenge.
It is very well crafted, I have no complaints about the writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual violence

ms_elchert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Death, Misogyny, Trafficking, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

brittknee52's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Feminine rage, revenge, vengeance and witchcraft. What more can you ask for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Murder, Child death, and Kidnapping

kindredspirit7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Drug use, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

mithridatic's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

i absolutely LOVED this book. from the empowering messages to the relatable sorrows and the sprinkles of humor. i enjoyed it so much an e-book, but found it to be so layered and littered with important messages that i’m still going to buy a physical copy to reread and annotate.
i’d recommend this book to anyone but especially any women/AFAB people out there who know the daily struggles we face in every facet of life. these were some very inspiring, kick-ass characters and a story i’ll hold dear to my heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Alcohol, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug abuse

clefi7's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

this is an angry novel. I absolutely loved it. women getting revenge on men doing horrible things. in the beginning it seemed like the characters did odd things that wouldn't be done in real life? but men have done much worse, and the rest of the book was amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Yet another book that I don't think was pitched to me correctly. I had heard it was a sort of witchy book about post-menepausal women starting a coven and gaining powers. This is not that, but the only disappointment I have about it is I still want to read that book too.

The synopsis is more accurate than the elevator pitch I got. These are adult women (though I wouldn't call them all "middle age") who always sort of had these magic powers, and are just now beginning to embrace and express them after meeting each other and beginning to uncover a conspiracy. Essentially it is much more a crime/mystery/thriller with a little magic than it is a true paranormal.

This book gave me so much more than I expected, and I truly enjoyed it. It's cathartic, angry, vengeful. Satisfying in every way I wanted from it. It was also terribly sad. There's a lot of heavy, tense, and upsetting memories and flashbacks, and the crimes involved in the conspiracy are abhorrent. I did find myself tearing up more than once. But the book's message is clear and vindicating and never once felt exploitative.

I was genuinely pleasantly surprised by this book; this is what I want whenever I pick up something in the "women killing men" genre but rarely ever hope for. This one finally delivers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Classism, Gaslighting, Rape, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Suicide, Grief, Abandonment, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

essentially an Epstein revenge fantasy; the story is primarily intended as cathartic, but while the majority of the crimes occur off-page, the story does not shy away from acknowledging their occurrence.

The backbone of the plot is a sex-trafficking ring of billionaire men who kidnap, sexually abuse, and kill teen girls. While these specific crimes are never on-page, the fallout and details of them are included.

Knowing this spoiler does not ruin the story in my opinion. There are unpleasant/criminal police characters, but there is not technically police brutality.

qgg's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Dark feminine rage in defiance of individual and systemic injustice against women and girls. It’s sure to make most male readers too uncomfortable to bother even though it’s a story that needs to be heard. I have two small complaints. 1. There are twists in the story, but I anticipated nearly all of them. And 2. The female characters were layered, but they still weren’t fully three dimensional women. Because they were archetypes, the women weren’t allowed to stray from their categories. I don’t know a single woman who stays in her category. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Child death