Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky

12 reviews

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Bullying

tors_tomes's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Drug use

sallytiffany's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a solid book. It kind of moved slowly for me and not a genre I usually get into. The characters are well written but I couldn’t relate to them because I just don’t like horror movies. A fine book, just not written for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this. Read it in 24 hrs, I was entirely hooked. I need to read more from this author 100%. I enjoyed the pop culture, especially the horror film, references even though I personally am not big on horror films (I'm jumpy haha) and haven't watched the films referenced. But there were some references that I did know from the handful of horror I've watched and of course urban myths/legends that get told as spooky stories. I had a couple guesses on who the big bad guy was and I was both shocked and not shocked at the same time. Like I had a few theories floating in my brain so I was somewhat prepared for who it was, but I wasn't prepared for the actual execution of the bad guy reveal. 
If you like seeing rich kids getting spooked and the token middle class/lower class kids being thrown in the mix, this is for you. Semi-reminiscent of Ace of Spades in that respect where there is a middle-class main character experiencing some scary/tramautizing stuff while in a school full of rich kids. It also does switch POVs once in awhile but the main POV is from Rachel

our final girl

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The ending is also kind of open and leaves room for potential sequels which I wouldn't hate because I still have SO MANY questions

like where the hell did Felicity go?? Girl got her head bashed and was able to still leave the scene. Is she going to try to avenge the club/Freddie??

and I enjoyed the writing a lot. Highly suggest reading content/trigger warnings because there are quite of few things in this book that could set off unpleasant feelings/memories for any reader with certain traumas/mental health issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Drug use, Blood, and Death

Minor: Toxic friendship, Classism, Vomit, and Bullying

ncoletti's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Mental illness, Blood, and Grief

sm_moon's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, and Grief

lyfrassirwalen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

aqulia's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book is a little slow in the middle, but boy does it go fast after

Sandra's death

.  Going in blind is definitely better, as this book is a bit of a mystery.  All in all, it's a great read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Grief

onepageatatime's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

 

This book was super interesting. The prologue drew me in immediately. I mean starting off with a home invasion and then jumping forward a whole year with little to no details? Very intriguing. If you are like me you need answers and NEED to keep reading. Well I am so glad I did because this story was amazing. I loved the horror elements involved and the fast paced race to find out what was going on and why all the Fear Tests ended with someone getting hurt.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Grief

This book was super interesting. The prologue drew me in immediately. I mean starting off with a home invasion and then jumping forward a whole year with little to no details? Very intriguing. If you are like me you need answers and NEED to keep reading. Well I am so glad I did because this story was amazing. I loved the horror elements involved and the fast paced race to find out what was going on and why all the Fear Tests ended with someone getting hurt.