Reviews tagging 'Death'

Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah

5 reviews

patienceholmes's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Death, Blood, Sexism, and Suicide

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

The final 50 pages of this book gave me twist after twist after twist!
Overall I enjoyed this read, not an easy read by any means, quite harrowing at times given it’s nature - exploring the death of a child, and the grief and the familial fall out that comes with it. But it’s really well written and as I said the ending was unpredictable in a multitude of ways which I really liked!
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, Grief, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment

hilarylouise's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Chronic illness and Mental illness

lousnewchapter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Grief, Death, Infertility, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Suicide

mikki_9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book made me feel so paranoid tbh It felt like it took a while (after the initial incident) for it to get interesting again. But the ending twists...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicide