Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

4 reviews

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Fire/Fire injury

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Alcohol

olivia_faye's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

felt a lot like the target audience was 13 year old boys, not a bad thing but i am, in fact, not a 13 year old boy. once it started getting a little more ~philosophical~ though i started to enjoy it more. there isn’t much romance which i personally enjoy, but the bit that there is just feels a little bleh. like

the main love interest is his childhood friend who he didn’t start developing feelings until she started to “look more like a woman” 😵‍💫 and then their relationship flourished off shared trauma which i also don’t find very appealing

but hey, maybe that’s just me. i liked it enough to continue the series though!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Trafficking and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault and Murder

booklife4life's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail