Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

27 reviews

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, and Vomit

lizardteeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

eb10's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

beebalm's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

There may have been things lost in translation here. While I often forget that Tender is the Flesh was translated, I found that quirks of wording pulled me out of this. I think it was the right length although flowing between perspectives made it harder to follow st times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Excrement

lmar1994's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

onlyflames's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit

dosxhime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

When people said that The Laws of the Skies are brutal, believe them. 

This comes to a close second in terms of darkest books I ever read. First is of course, Hogg. If you're not a fan of children getting un@lived, I would highly recommend to skip this. 

3.5 / 5 C-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

winsomefish's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Bullying, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

emilunax's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Child death, Death, and Murder

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent