Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Romanov by Nadine Brandes

13 reviews

chaterbox87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death

fangulaura's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and War

halem13's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death

internetdarling's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness and Suicide attempt

Minor: War

gartimar's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

kassidyreads's review

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

lindsayerin's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, and Medical content

221bpinkst's review

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

4.0

A new take on an old classic. 

Different from the movie, Romanov offers a more magical journey filled with spells and adventure. However, it is also more historically accurate when one thinks about the true story of Anastasia and the Romanov Empire. 

The story itself is medium paced and naturally picks up after the moment of tragedy. I would have given it 5 stars if it was a little faster and perhaps more adult. It is definitely a young-adult novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Mental illness