Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Restless Slumber by K.J. Sutton

9 reviews

rsb12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This series is the first in a long time that made me tear up despite my anti-depressants. Restless Slumber shows us a dark and desperate side to Fortuna that most fairytales would have you ignore, but she does K J Sutton writes it in an artfully intelligent manner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Murder

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

genny's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Yikes. I gave the first book 4 stars, but this was a letdown. 😬 First of all, there's no plot. What is this book about, exactly? Fortuna's werewolf buddy, I guess, and some random old folks she's apparently close to. The entire thing felt like filler.

Cora's victory over her aunt was ridiculous. We don't get any explanation for how she was able to overpower the alpha. :|

Fortuna's emotions were so volatile and it didn't come across as a reflection of her trauma. She was just written weirdly. One moment she'll be snapping at Collith, then the next she's completely horny? Unprovoked? Like, Collith/Laurie/Oliver will do something completely mundane and suddenly Fortuna wants to drop her panties. She seems to think that cheating only counts if you've had penis-in-vagina sex. The amount of times she mentions her "core" or her "center"......

There were so many typos, along with odd turns of phrase. This was hilarious to me: "I was the fire to his ice. The shout to his whisper. The run to his walk." What kind of analogy is that, lmao 🏃🏽‍♀️ The constant use of "male/female" in place of "man/woman" was gross. When those terms are used to refer to werewolves in their wolf forms, sure, I get that, but Fortuna refers to everyone this way. It creeps me out. Maybe this is a staple in fae fantasy that I'm unaware of, along with the use of the word "mate". I hated that too. I sighed with relief when Collith referred to himself as Fortuna's "husband" for once. 🤣 

We still haven't gotten an explanation for why Collith fell for her instantly. I have a bad feeling that will never be explained. I'm putting this series on hold, so I might never find out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Incest and Death of parent

bookishfaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Many thoughts in head, & I don’t know how to rate this book. This definitely feels like an over-glorified Vampire Diaries meets supernatural episode…? It was like a fire I couldn’t look away from though at the same time? Fortuna is a bad bitch, but I don’t really feel that attached to anybody else? This reminded me a lot of Sarah J Maas’s writing & a lot of it was uncomfy & didn’t sit right with me & I really don’t know how to feel about what I just read. The ending definitely was unexpected and maybe I’m just triggered….? Perhaps I’ll come back with a more cohesive review eventually but I am…. Feeling 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

ame_lepage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

 This ending... wow.
This book really stepped it up for me. You can go check out my review for Fortuna Sworn and I can say that pretty much every aspect I didn't like, the author rectified them.
I really loved the romance in this book, and the confusing love triangle.
This book is pretty confusing all around. The author doesn't tell you too much, it's dark and mysterious. And I do like that a lot.
Anyway, I think the next book is going to be pretty heavy so I need to mentally prepare myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Slavery and Grief

nastashastarr3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Okay so this book broke me and now I have emotions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

deesquared's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death