Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, by Axie Oh

43 reviews

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Grief

Minor: War, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This is such a magical, delightful read. The world reminded me a lot of “Spirited Away,” with its vivid descriptions of a colorful, fragrant, bustling city within the spirit realm (complete with bath houses, pagodas, paper lanterns, and, of course, a dragon).

I truly, thoroughly enjoyed this story. I do think the narrative kind of went in a hundred different directions, but I also didn’t mind. I felt like I was just along for the ride and the scenery was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Murder, War, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, and Alcohol

anovelstart's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

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jadedcrescent's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, War, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Violence, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: War and Fire/Fire injury

chrisljm's review against another edition

relaxing medium-paced

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

2.0

Honestly I feel like three stars is being generous but the book was entertaining enough so I'll leave it (I've since decided not to leave it). However I found the plot drags and meanders, and it just felt incredibly unorganized. The characters were flat, and not to say they're unlikable, but there wasn't enough development for me to grow attached to any of them, and this includes all the relationships as well. The prose itself was pretty and flowery, but it also felt juvenile and repetitive. I think the book was too ambitious, and perhaps with a different editor it could have been better. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Child death, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

lottsofplots's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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? Yes

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I think that the message that the author wanted to convey was powerful and I really liked how the story ended and all the things we learnt. I really liked the world-building of this book and I was very immersed in it. I really enjoyed the experience!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Grief, and Violence

Minor: War and Death of parent