Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

6 reviews

geminisoul's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this books- I just wish there was more of it! I felt like it moved so fast and i just would have like to spend more time in the world really building the characters and their development up. Either way it was a great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

caffinatedslug's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The Girl the Sea Gave Back is dual pov and follows Halvard from the first book as a young adult and a young Kyrr girl named Tova. 

 

So far I don’t really care for this story and I contemplated for a while if I was going to DNF this. I looked at reviews and most of them were mixed, I tried to find a spoiler one so I could know what happened. The only reason I didn’t DNF this one was because I wanted to know how it ended. 

 

I do like how Halvard gets his own story and I like the small bits we are told about what happened to the characters from the first book. 

 

The action and fight scenes are more thought out, last longer, and are, in my opinion, better than the first book. But just like the first book The Girl the Sea Gave Back is character driven and not plot so it took a while for anything to really happen. 

 

There are some things that happen in this book that you have to suspend your disbelief on, both because it’s just not possible and because it’s not explained. 

 

If you are looking for a romance or even a slight one this isn’t the book for you. This books main focus is the conflict, the action, and the main characters. 

 

I would recommend the audiobook if you are like me and have a hard time pronouncing things because let me tell you, the way things are spelled in this book isn’t how they’re actually pronounced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death

wolf013's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Drug use

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

This is a sequel novel to Sky in the Deep. Our favorite, lovable characters from the first book are back, but this time, set 10 years later. The story focuses on Halvard, now a strapping young man, and new character Tova, a woman from the strange, distant Kiera clan. We get to see some old characters, some new characters, and new battles. Young expands the universe she created for Sky in the Deep with new clans and gods, and gives some more information about past characters and their motivations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Alcohol