Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

29 reviews

jessbailey24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger and oh I wish it wasn’t! It was a good choice I’m just greedy with endings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was excited to solve the mystery of the book when I first started it but by the end it just felt so dragged out. I mean you guess most of the stuff not even half way through the book and the surprises aren’t so shocking. Not a bad book overall but I wouldn’t reach for it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

samster_reads's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

juhlig's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

Slow build with only the final 2 chapters clarifying all the plot gaps. Author really just dumped all the context that the ending should have had into a “letter” and a independent thought stream. Felt lazy at the end

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

ddreid33's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Death

A tense, well-written read that I finished in a day — I had to know what happened next! The author also sensitively handled some really tough topics without pulling punches about the reality of living through them. The ending was also really satisfying.

erinnz's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

cydthekid15's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

It took longer reading this book than I would have liked and I think it’s because I felt as if it dragged on. The pages itself were longer than I anticipated & I guessed a few plot points here and there. Helen deserved better and so did Katie. Nothing was bad writing wise, I just couldn’t stand most of the main male characters minus a few of the newspaper / police characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Abortion

wsprenger's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Murder