Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

2 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

siobhanward's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great. Mary Shelley (not the author) was a decent character and the idea of the plot was ok, but I really expected more from the plot. I was looking forward to more spiritualism and ghosts, not just bits and pieces here and there.

A lot of time was devoted to Mary Shelley not being a typical girl but also super attractive. Like a LOT of time. I think that if I’d read this book as a teen (which, to be fair, is the target audience), this wouldn’t have bothered me as much, but I found that it really stuck out to the point of being silly.

There was a ton of build up for a very rushed ending. I wish the book had moved faster so that the ending could have been longer and more time could have been spent tying up loose ends 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness