Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

15 reviews

anneenichole's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm

sargasso_c's review against another edition

The book was a bit plodding and often fell into the trap of "telling" and not "showing." While the premise is interesting, I feel the author relied too much on creating an air of eeriness and suspense that went on too long and devolved into repetitive scenes that seemed to serve no other purpose than elongating the time between the beginning of the book and it's resolution.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

batcaves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kayelina's review

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, and Alcohol

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Not as good as The Children on the Hill imo, I found the character development in that one superior. Even so, this is a super solid horror read with a lot of suspense and a memorable sister relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Infertility

Minor: Suicide

hazelgirl21's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Dementia

readbydusk's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Mental illness

cblunier's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It's told by characters and I really found the one in the past to be irritating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Toxic relationship

pplydm's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The Drowning Kind was authored by Jennifer McMahon and tells of a haunted yet healing underground source of water revamped into a vast swimming pool. The sisters called Jax and Lex Metcalf and the wedlock couple namely Ethel and Will Monroe have resided near the aforementioned body of water.  Will, proved his devotion to his wife and sickly daughter to the very end of his time. Jax's investigative escapade had me hoping the novel would not reveal another protagonist's death. Description for both of the siblings would work as if they're fraternal twins. The author may have created them as such and there wouldn't be any needed changes to her writing. I reckon this novel dealt with the mental madness any body may attain for the fruition of the grand wish found in the depths of his or her heart.

The Drowning Kind was compelling and unconditionally spooky. Apparently, characters here are problematic and vehement; their responses to the circumstances are subjective. Oftentimes, the chapter's closing is in a cliffhanger. I, however, wasn't smitten with it even after I finished it. No, no, no for this.


"Your father," she'd said, "for all his complications, is the only person I ever felt whole with. Sometimes I think our brokenness held us together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Self harm