Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

14 reviews

flowerrunner's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, War, Confinement, Deportation, Drug use, Gun violence, Trafficking, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Cursing, and Kidnapping

suneaters's review

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Extremely cool book. I loved the intertwining narratives and all the rusalka references. The folklore really enhanced the narrative. The chapters with Nina and her dad  reminded me a lot of Where the Crawdad Sings. 
My favorite was definitely the ex-Soviet pilot Nina Markova. I was really rooting for her relationship with Yelena Vetsina. Jordan McBride’s narrative was pretty good too, but I was most invested in Nina. Her and Ruth were adorable. Ruth is mainly a prop and I can see how that might be annoying since there aren’t any Jewish characters in this book about Nazi hunters post-Holocaust. 
Like, maybe Jordan or Nina could’ve been Jewish. It would’ve been nice. 
Ian Graham was a good character

Spoiler

and his brother Sebastian who died at the hands of a villain was so tragic. But also kind of annoying to have the only homosexual character die. Assuming Nina’s lover is also bisexual

. But I wasn’t very invested in Ian’s Moby Dick. Tony was more fun, but Ian’s motivations were just sort of lacking. But I get it since he drives the plot forward. 
I also wish the lesbian relationship was a bit more developed. 
The Huntress was a great villain.  Lorelai Vogt/Annalise was really compelling and viewing her through Jordan’s eyes humanizes Die Jägerin and creates an interesting juxtaposition on how Ian describes her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

KATE QUINN NEVER MISSES
This is my favourite of her novels so far. What a story! I don't usually pick up such long audiobooks but this was 100% worth it, I'm so glad my friend recommended it. I couldn't stop listening.. it's crazy to think about all the research that went into this novel. I loved the way the characters interact, how interconnected they are, and the sense of dread employed by Quinn to keep the readers on the edge of our seats. Truly, it was masterfully done. I will be reading more of her stuff!! Amazing work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, Violence, War, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Confinement, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

sarahflanders's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Gore, Murder, Grief, War, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

willablaise's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

a beautiful story crossing time and space with lovable heroines 🫶 and a bit of a romance if you look hard 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

cestnicka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad slow-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

4.0

This is another great book by Kate quinn. I do love to learn about the history of the world, but sometimes learning about it can be a bit overwhelming with all the info out there. I think it's why I love the genre of historical fiction so much as you get an amazing story that blends fiction with fact and keeps you engaged until the very end. I specifically love Kate quinn for bringing the female hero's and villains of war back to the forefront. As it's important for people to remember the women who made a difference in these wars. 

This is a story about WWII where the lives of a Nazi murderess hiding in plain site, a new photography who could be in danger in her own home, and a USSR night witch and her team on the hunt. The 3 POVs of Nina, Jordan and Ian are woven together really nicely and I loved getting details from all sides of the story. 

I liked that it strayed a bit from the typical who dunnit as we knew right away who the villain was. And I also liked that we didn't get the villain POV and had to learn it through the other characters as the story unfolded. 

This is a very character driven book, and I did feel like she did an amazing job of making the characters feel human and real. I am a very plot based reader, so I did struggle through the middle when the plot slows a bit and we are getting a lot character development. But the ending was great and got me hooked back in. 

After reading the Alice network, which is still my favourite as of right now, I knew I would need to read her other novels and I will continue to check them off my list! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Death of parent

owlyreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, War, Violence, and Death

kelseak96's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Drug use, Grief, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexism

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

I love Kate Quinn. She is an auto-buy author of mine whenever a new World War story is told. I don’t know that The Huntress needed so many perspectives or so much time jumping. But the story is fun. It is always exciting to read about history through the lens of feminism. I also appreciate Quinn’s acknowledgement of queer identities throughout history, it can’t be true unless everyone is included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Child death, Alcoholism, Cursing, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Racism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical content, Trafficking, Addiction, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Mass/school shootings

bouebooks's review

adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and War