Reviews tagging 'Child death'

La bruja blanca by Shelby Mahurin

21 reviews

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.5

Shout out to my friend Katelyn for recommending this, she was so right. What a fun ride! This is such a good example of YA Fantasy Romance tropes, edgy imagery, and angst done well. Is this high-brow literature? No. Are some elements ridiculous? Yes. This is a book best enjoyed if you can channel your teenage rebel brain and not take it too seriously. The book doesn't seem to take itself that seriously, either. It feels like if the author had to make a decision, they choose based on what seemed the most entertaining, and for my reading experience that was not a bad thing. The romantic leads were nicely matched with each other, clearly they both needed to grow, and their complimentary strengths and weaknesses would push each other to grow in the best directions. I thought the supporting characters were compelling as well. I had a blast listening to this audiobook. I rarely want to jump into a sequel when I finish the first book of a series, even if I liked it, but I actually do want to just keep reading this story. (TBD if I actually will though 😛)

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Vomit, and Alcohol

among_the_stacks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Blood, and Abandonment

melissafelicia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this story. I liked the vibe of the world, a sort of Renaissance French witches vs religious witch hunters story. I disliked the male mc at first but as his character developed, he started growing on me. The main plot was a bit predictable, but there were still some plot twists I didn't see coming. I'm curious about the rest of the series! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pattyblom's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall a nice story, but it lacked some depth and world building in the beginning of the story. I also had to reread paragraphs to understand the story. And also the end was

a bit anticlimactic.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit

michelerr55's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Torture

draculagirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I’ll use this as a lesson to try not to buy/read books that are more than 500 pages and check too see if it’s even remotely good. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

fremzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, and Alcohol