Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Direction of the Wind by Mansi Shah

10 reviews

pianokeys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

lishreadsx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Addiction, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

kristenjiannotti's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

This book was tough. Tough in the way that I wasn't expecting. I wasn't expecting to be so affected by the characters - Nita, the main one. Being someone myself that is sometimes wondering what else is out there for me, and what else I could make my life into - I was really captivated by her desire to leave the world behind and forge her own path. I was devastated to read through her naivety and abuse. That part I was really invested in. What failed to take off for me was the connection between Sophie's destiny and Nita's. I enjoyed watching their juxtaposing lives, but in the end

Sophie was just okay to go with status quo and go back to her  life in India.

I wanted more for Sophie and it was brought to an abrupt end. Oh well, I had a great time traveling back through Paris with Nita and her story broke my heart.. which is exactly what I'm looking for in a book. Had a great time, but only enough for a three star for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident

way2sweet2's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, and Addiction

adlane22's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, and Death of parent

onceinabluemoon88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

erinmjustice's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

jorgilusty's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Man, I was super excited about this book at the beginning but to be honest it just fell a bit flat for me. I was able to read it on Kindle First Read for January 2023. 

I appreciate the idea behind the story, such as difficult topics like mental health and addiction intermingled with a traditional Indian culture, but both of the main characters just felt unremarkable and unrelatable. I also personally felt that Sophie did not act or think like a 25 year old. I understand she never had much independence but the way she would describe things gave me the impression of a child. Also, each thought and feeling of the characters is described in so much detail and analyzed to the point that it leaves no room for the reader to draw their own conclusions. A lot is told to you rather than shown and the way things got described got to be very repetitive.

I did finish the book but I didn't really connect with the characters or the story and was rather unsatisfied at the end. It’s not a happy book but there are some good things about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Death of parent

stephmcnutt28's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent and Death