Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

14 reviews

kirjakimalainen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Blood

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

katiemcgregor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

More terrifying than expected, but also a beautiful story. I think Alkaf is the first Malaysian author I've read and my interested into the folklore has definitely been piqued!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Grief

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

annorabrady's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

A great, gentle story of self-discovery, family secrets, trauma, and grief. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense medium-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

Ugh what a beautiful and emotional book. Had me crying by the end. My suspicions were correct, and the reveal at the end was hard, but perfect. It was definitely horror, but not too much for me to handle. It was scary while still being manageable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Torture, Grief, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

lizgom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

This will probably be my favorite middle grade book. I listened to this as an audiobook, and honestly it was great. I feel like it gave the characters more depth than I would've given them if I had read it. I have a habit of liking middle grade books better as audiobooks. This is a great take on mental health and reaching out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Violence, and Murder

szuum's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. Wasn't expecting it to make me cry, but here we are. The story is based in Malaysia with Malay sprits/demons/supernatural beings sprinkled through. This story shows a girl who never quite fit in, discovers she has been bound to a spirit, and has to deal with complications with the spirit and some humans, and finds out family history that has been hidden from her. Also, Jing Wei is a lovely and entertaining side character! Great friend right there and loved that she was a nerd for sci-fi (although I'm not big on Star Wars, I loved her sick burn calling someone Jar Jar Binks).
I will def look for more books by this author. It was so nice to read a book that has a similar culture to mine and if I was a kid again, I would've loved this as well. So happy to see a middle grade representing SE Asia and specifically Melayu people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexism