Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

18 reviews

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Islamophobia, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and War

theworstofit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and War

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a truly epic story. I loved everything about it. It was well paced with detailed writing. Wow. The only reason I docked it .5 was because it really is a super long book. Took me a while to get through, but with that said, completely worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide

prettiestwhistles'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Genocide, Miscarriage, Sexism, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aseel_reads's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

this was an interesting tale about Vlad the third, i really enjoyed learning about the different history/customs/culture of eastern europe, turkey, and them in the cold war. i think the author is a capable story-teller but omg this book was so slow, the ending was so rushed, the narrative style was very confusing, the main motive at the end was random. glad i read it but wouldn't recommend unless someone likes learning 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

rini's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

malloryfitz's review against another edition

dark

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy