Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

3 reviews

tbs250's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion

kvelpr's review against another edition

fast-paced

0.5

There is a lot of religion in this book for some reason 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

hissukissu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

The story was really flat and shallow. It was tense and handled many difficult aspects as losing someone, fertility and religion. However it felt very unrealistic even for scifi book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail