Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger, Sara Kipin

11 reviews

lunarxcross's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Child death, Misogyny, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment

eilif_has_no_gender's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

If you like queer stories this is for you. It starts out with people thinking she likes men and she ends up with a woman. I don't consider this a spoiler so I won't do the spoiler thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

I appreciate that Ivy gets to kill people in this. I feel like it's an interesting origin for her, and I liked that it kind of leaned into the horror of what she can do. Loved that she's gay. A nice gothic-ish way to end my reading for this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

dairyfreemozzarella's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

SO GOOD, SO ICONIC!
Give me more Alice being a mall goth, more of ivys descent into hot lesbian madness… Jesus there better be a sequel in the works or I might start my own villain arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

kayladaila's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Sexism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

lolajh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

PAMELA MY BELOVED MAN-HATING LESBIAN! This was fucking sad oh my god! This girl needs so much fucking therapy? But this depiction of her backstory and past before she becomes Poison Ivy was really beautiful. And her falling in love with a girl, handling manipulation by her dad plus her mommy issues, and murdering boys? Icon tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Violence

littlecat's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.0

The at is okay and very readable.
The story is okay, a bit rushed and over explaining but the heart at the right place. 
I kind of wish it was more gothic horror, that is a cool choice for the character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Bullying, Violence, Murder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

batmans's review against another edition

dark hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

loved ivy, loved the gothic-horror aesthetic, loved the stunning art, loved ivy and alice's relationship (but i wish we'd gotten more i.e., a slower-burn romance, especially considering everything else that was happening in ivy's life). the pacing felt too rushed overall, which is really sad because the premise has so much potential!! but this is an altogether quick, decent read with some very cute ivy/alice moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

felofhe's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Violence

moontiaras's review against another edition

dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Medical trauma