Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

54 reviews

madsgrace_'s review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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: Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Gaslighting

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

louise_french_rider's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-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? No

5.0

I loved that book, the universe is easy to understand, the plot, characters are awesome. This is a good romantasy, I can't wait to read the next book. Hopefully it will be as great as this one. 
The world building is really cute and cozy in its own way. It seems beautiful, at least in my head.
This is a good choice for people coming from romance to fantasy. It's accessible to everybody. Maybe it was a little harder to understand the magic system at first, that might be because I haven't read the Caraval first, but when we start a separate series we either make sure that the magic system is understandable or we explain it a bit better. Anyways it doesn't prevent you from understanding and following the plot.
I had a blast reading it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I cannot express how much I love this. Jacks x Evangeline's dynamic just works. He is mean and dark and full of desire, but in a way that makes you know there's a reason he is the way that he is, which gives you hope for him as naive as Evangeline's. He's a fully fleshed out character. She is as well, good-hearted and smart but fully capable of making mistakes. She's like a sweet fluffy pink frosted cupcake. They make every scene interesting. I hate Marisol's character though - she's very much like Taryn from Folk of the Air. And the plot does not disappoint. It is crisp and new, an almost-redo on old fairytales and prophecy stories. So much of the worldbulding/lore and plot twists here are fresh. And I adore the descriptions of all the dresses!!

I give Rebecca Soler's performance 4.5/5⭐️. She gives a steadily good performance in which the listener can tell the difference between the characters. However, sometimes her vocals are far too loud/unequalized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

emilywemily6's review

adventurous 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

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I am loving how this author is expanding on the world of the Caraval series. I think Evangeline more than the Dragna sisters and I think it’s because while she acts like a teenager and makes mistakes, she also tries to fix them in very heroic ways. She is flawed and young but I still see her strengths in this book. Her efforts to do the right thing made for an interesting story with lots of dynamics, and leads into the future books well. I also felt like I never knew what would happen next in the story. Lots of plot twists I didn’t see coming, which made for a fun and quick read. I’m so excited to continue reading this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Classism

linefelcei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

reminiscences's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship