Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin

5 reviews

mal214's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting

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

s_l'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

_rhea_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

Amazingly atmospheric! This book made me desperately want to move closer to the North Sea and at the same time never see any body of water again. And the fantasy side fit right into the reality.

I love the development of characters and how their relationships with each other Make Sense and are not forced. The characters have many flaws but they are all very dear to me. 

But I have to say there’re a lot off dark scenes so before reading you should look at the warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Death and Death of parent

hannahrogers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

charlieleelee's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

This is probably one of the best books I've read recently. The mystery is just twisty enough to be very engaging but still satisfying to figure out; probably the hardest thing to do in writing.

The characters themselves are delightful and realistic, and their relationships are engaging.

I got in trouble for spending an extra ten minutes on lunch while reading this because I reached 5h3 climax and couldn't stop. 

All around, this was a delight to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Blood and Death of parent