Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

werepsyche's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

okay, i will be frank, from my poor memory, it is not the most amazing novel in the whole world. but whatever. WHAT FUCKING EVER. i will literally NEVER forget the scene

of the main character interacting with her boyfriend who was now a ghost, who had died in the first world war, and how his fear was described. how he was caught in this purgatory of pure terror for the rest of his existence

. it was so impactful. i literally don't know why. i just never forgot that scene, and i want to read this book again and catalogue that part because i thought about it so much i had a character or two that was inspired by that one scene. man. MAN. man. man. i think that alone also propelled it to a 5 star rating, to be honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and War