Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

57 reviews

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Classism, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Minor: Stalking, Blood, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic friendship, War, and Medical content

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Forbidden lovers. It took awhile for the spice to develop but once it did, it was pretty good. I liked this book but I knew where it was going from about page 100. The ending, while predictable, did make me happy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

peachani's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Classism, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Vomit

teriodvarkova88's review

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

this was so cute!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

rileymc_queen's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

kashiish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

“i don’t need a happily ever after. i need to be by your side. i need you happy and healthy and safe. goddammit bridget, i need you. in any way i can have you.”

the song for this book is — call it what you want by taylor swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

Much better than the first book to me. The beginning of the book was very intriguing because I liked the troupe of body guard falling for his client. After the book settled in though it became slow paced for a little bit in the middle of the book but eventually picked back up. I liked the conflict of the romance, but the resolution was predictable. 

I wouldn't read this book if you are looking for good plot twists, while it has some they don't last very long for you to infer what might happen. Overall I liked that characters and their relationship and I didn't like slow pace in the beginning/middle parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Car accident, Classism, Gun violence, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

_lera_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Grief