Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

13 reviews

alexijai98's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

Milquetoast, heavy handed dystopian critique of cis, white, capitalist feminism. I could see what the author was trying to do but it just felt simplistic and at some points silly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide

k_shimer's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lexyan's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I was skeptical early on reading this, but I ended up really liking it. It's a good takedown of gender essentialism set on the backdrop of early apocalypse-level climate change. There's heavy use of dramatic irony that works really well to keep you invested in reading it. All of the POV characters are well-written, including the perfectly hateable villain. The ending is hopeful but a little unsatisfying, which sort of feels perfect for the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

pm_me_book_recs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This need to be on every #GirlBoss book shelf...

A lite scifi criticism of white femme power spaces, the danger of trans exclusion and generalization of gender, and how the future must be inclusive for humanity's survival. Dashes of romance, mystery, thriller, and corporate intrigue. The story switches perspectives between a handful of characters, each experiencing different facets of The Inside, over the time span between 2050-2078. There are some steamy sapphic moments, but mostly the romance element is slow burn.

It was refreshing to see a white author tackle these subjects with care, earnestness, and precision. This type of call-out should not always fall onto non-white, non-cis/het folks!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

dykebakery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Queer climate fiction is kinda my jam, though???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, and Sexual violence

livreittoashley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and War

aelzz93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Death

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism

wornpagesandendlesscoffey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Yours for the Taking takes sapphic novels and redefines them. I can imagine its characters asking 'Bechtel test? How primitive.' This book asks the question 'What if a white feminist is given supreme power and authority'- and the results are as disastrous and disturbing as you can imagine. In a world ravaged by climate change, a world destroyed by raging storms and too high temperatures, innovators create "Inside"; a safe zone for the select few financed by the world's billionaires. The story follows a group of women as they navigate this new world, the betrayals, love, and heartache they experience; and how dangerous a lack of intersectionality can be. This one is one to watch, and an important commentary on our social and personal dynamics in an ever changing world that never truly has our best interests at heart. A gripping narrative about power, race, and identity- and how even at the end of the world we divide and oppress each other. And what happens when we say enough is enough.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism