Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

34 reviews

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

themelleh's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

I need the next book now. I cannot believe it ends like that. The characters, the world building- I love it all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Stalking, Abortion, and Death of parent

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent

everlymayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Deadnaming and Death of parent

olive_lol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Death of parent, and War

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.75

A world of people descended from the Greek gods with powers of them sounded so intriguing. I do wish a chart was included with a book making each otherborn, the god they come from, and their powers. As it was, I tabbed so much of that information in the book.

Events of the novel all occurred over the course of only a few days, which feels jarring considering all that happened. Io deals with her family drama and fate thread all while trying to solve the murders of people from the Silts, her home. I love how diverse the powers and characters are, but more communication between sisters and others could positively serve the story with still propelling the plot forward. Bianca is a fascinating...antagonist? Rival? Ally? I'm very curious to see how dynamics between various characters play out in book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

nikki_flowers's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

• Descendants of lost gods
• Mythology elements 
• Fated mates
• A prophecy 
• Mystery
• Sister dynamics
• Non-binary & queer side characters 

The I guess you’d call it “magic system” is cool, there are “other-born” people who are descendants of the Greek Fates (gods) who have special powers. Io and her sisters are Moira-born, descendants of Moirae the goddess of Fate, and can see/manipulate threads that tie every person to the things/people/places they love.

I found the world building beyond the descriptions of the other-born powers to be a little confusing or incomplete. I didn’t really get a sense for time period and there was no map or great description of the city this story takes place in. There were other cities or countries(?) that were mentioned, but it was had to understand how they all related in the larger world. And as there are some political things going on, it would’ve been helpful to understand that context. I think that’s the main struggle I had with this book.

It’s not necessarily slow to start, but I didn’t really get fully engaged in the story until the second half. It did have a strong ending and I will likely listen to the sequel.

I did do combination audio and physical. The audio was fine - nothing spectacular but not bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

Animal cruelty/death: there is an animal fighting ring of some world specific character called chimerini. It’s about 1-2 pages and I just skipped over it

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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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I enjoyed this book. I think this was a great Greek Mythology. I liked the worldbuilding and the magic system. I liked the relationship between the three sister -- Io, Ava, and Thais -- and the relationship between Io and Edei -- I like a good reluctant allies to more plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Gore, Transphobia, and Death of parent

ska1224's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

love this book sm the world building. the characters. the narration in the audiobook is some of the best i've heard. lov this sm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming and Abortion