Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

16 reviews

liteartha's review

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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Sexism

Unwanted/forced pregnancy; childbirth and post-natal care. Infant death/harm. Generational trauma; discrimination/persecution. Urination, various other bodily fluids, brief emetophobia. Animal attacks, including on children. Needles in the context of wound care.

abby_griesmar's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.0

This book reads like a fever dream you don’t want to wake up from. So much story is packed into such a short little book. Chaotic and captivating through the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah984's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

This was another strange one to me. A cosmic horror novella about a pregnant woman on an ark at sea giving birth to a creature. I don't really know why this didn't work for me but there was so much weird relationship drama and the main character’s decisions just seem to come out of nowhere. The writing is good and I think I understand the intention of the story but it just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

lacee's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

aubreyhi's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Pregnancy

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