Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

342 reviews

writer_egreene's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

justagir1's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

in_themoonlight's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Death of parent

ladybug12793's review

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

pretty writing

Decent read with good plot and pretty writing. Some grammatical errors, though. Hated the ending. Made no logical sense. IYKYK

Forrest had PLENTY of time to save Kitt. It probably would’ve actually been quicker to do so because Iris kept stopping.

0-0.25 🌶️ closed door 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

brimclala's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

lauramparis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

emerentina's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping

melarareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

5 stars even though the ending has broken my heart and I now have to rush to read the next one. I have to say, this book is not an easy read, because it describes very heavy topics such as alcoholism and war in a very realistic way. The writing is impeccable and compelling. I never understood what people meant when they said that a book was atmospheric, but I get it now. I felt like I was there in the trenches with them, I felt the anxiety and fear of the war and the happiness and excitement of the romance. 
The only thing I would change is the book description and name, I think they don't match the theme of the book at all. 
All in all, a great book, even if it made me feel anxious and like I had a weight on my chest from time to time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

jdjulia96's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore and War

elledanie's review

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Do not recommend—doesn’t live up to all the hype. Where was the fantasy??

Was it seriously only the magical typewriter thing? The supernatural creatures we barely saw? “Divine” being used as simply an adjective instead of referring to anyone’s magic or abilities or anything related to gods/goddesses is so lame.

No one warned us that this was primarily a WWI book like?? No thx!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and Abandonment