Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

4 reviews

theelliad's review against another edition

3.0

The Truants is a dark academia (adjacent) novel set between Norfolk (East Anglia) and a hideaway in Italy following Jess’s study of Agatha Christie, whose fiction and mystery structures the peice. While I am an absolute sucker for an academic based mystery fiction, this fell a little flat for me. The characters felt as though they lacked development, it was easy to consider them characters rather than humans, and the plot twists weren’t overly surprising. While passages of this book were breathtaking and immersive, I on the whole felt elements I wanted to know were glossed over! I also think Nick was such a slept on character- I know that’s partially the point but i wanted to know about him and the romanticised descriptions of Lorna and Alec became old quickly! That said, I think there is much to be said about meeting your idols, friendship and betrayal, and the politics of learning from this book (also perhaps the lack of safeguarding- for real why are these tutors at uni parties?) and I enjoyed these elements! This was an enjoyable early new year read and despite its flaws, I can’t fault it TOO much overall for the pleasant distraction from my essay it offered! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

musewithxara's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

berodatheelf's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

willemke's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexual content