Reviews tagging 'Grief'

La guardia del rey by Nora Sakavic

38 reviews

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

 

if end happy why am i sad 💔😔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

wooflen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Murder

ojpodge's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

every time i read this book i understand andrew more. 
also his and neil’s conversations,,,, superior.
- “you are a pipe dream” 
- “i’m self destructive not stupid”  
- “you’re not actually a sociopath are you?”
- “now are you having fun?” *referring to someone getting injured/fighting* “that part was vaguely interesting”
- “you’re crazy” “this is news to no one”
- and so much more !!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief

cozybookseller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katerina_l's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alyssadavis's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Neil had been doing one stupid thing after another all year long and this has turned into one of the best years of his life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Death, Self harm, Grief, and Murder

the_othersidewv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

AAAA NO LO PODÍA SOLTARR me pasó con toda la trilogía 🥺🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

diana314's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

It’s honestly a very nice ending for the trilogy. The characters arcs wrap up nicely, both individually and as a team. 
The last game was insane, it wasn’t as descriptive as the first games were, but holy cow.

Riko almost murdering Neil on national tv was wild. As well as Ichirou’s resolution to everything 😳 that man is scary as hell, as in, true fear, not only rivalry like with Riko.

The development that the team goes through -Kevin specially- and their relationships are chefs kiss. I need another book just with the Foxes existing 🥺 their friendship is amazing and it’ll give me serotonin for like half a year 🥺❤️

Neil and Andrew’s relationship would have been a massive surprise if it weren’t hinted in the description of the book 🙃😂 it was nice tho. Not really developed -romantically speaking- but it was rather inevitable, and very sweet

Neil’s sexuality could have been more explored tho 🥺 I would have loved a confirmation of him being demisexual, it would have been awesome. It’ll stay as a headcannon in my head 🥺

Dang, I almost forgot about Neil’s dad 😬😬 and his right hand, she’s scarier than his dad even Dx that storyline also felt a bit rushed? Like it was over in a second. Granted, it was intense and probably for Neil wasn’t a second, but it wasn’t as trascendental as others storylines

10/10, would recommend it to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

bisquii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

As this isn’t the first in the AFTG series, you probably don’t need this but its still important. 

READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING! 

WARNING:
Unrealistic depiction of medication/prescription drugs (antipsychotics) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

The book does not pull any punches or sugarcoat traumatic events, please be careful. If you have any doubt about being okay with reading about any of the trigger warnings, do know that the depictions of them are very graphic!

jenarae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Grief