Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Rivals by Katharine McGee

12 reviews

supermormongirl's review

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

0.25

It took me almost 3 years to trudge through this book because it was genuinely that painfully boring and dull 💀💀💀

There was no American Royals’ characteristic Gossip Girl- (tv show) widespread scandal and drama until literally 80% of the way through the novel. 

I literally only refused to DNF because I used this book as an insomnia cure I already owned, making it essentially free, and also the next (and last!) American Royals book has ✨WAY✨ too intriguing of a premise to pass up, and I wanted to know the full tea and context of exactly everything that happened in the book before it. 

This was easily one of the worst books I’ve ever read, and I don’t know what happened that made it so painfully bland and largely uneventful, light on drama, and BORING, but I feel relieved to finally be done with this!!! Now to go purge my soul of how painful this was to read, lol (I’m not exaggerating at all).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

There is an ongoing plot line of main characters in an interracial relationship dealing with racism, tokenism, social demands and pressure as a societal symbol

jjyork's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

julierambaeck's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-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

I think this is a really solid ya series! I really liked the topics in this one and the character dynamics.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Death of parent, Car accident, and Drug use

haleybre's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Ableism, Drug use, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

rebecca_arielle's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

haley_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-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

I liked this one a lot!! It posed situations that I didn’t see coming at all and I loved the character development as they solved their different problems. I’m rooting for all the characters to find their happy endings! Kinda annoyed with the ending though, we’ve already done the

people in hospital/sick/dying people thing already with the king and himari

so I hope McGee continues to find ways to keep it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Classism, and Pregnancy

rb5373's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

A really entertaining book (better than Majesty) but it still doesn’t quite live up to the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content

argylelove's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

summerif's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Car accident

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy