Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

9 reviews

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

On paper, I feel like I should have really liked this? This historical fantasy type setting usually works for me, heist plots are interesting, and I am a sucker for found family. I do think this book spent more time on the (lackluster) romances than it should have, but I could see myself not minding as much if I was in a different mood. 

I think my problem is that more than anything I'm a character driven reader and I need to like the characters. Apart from Jin, I didn't really care for anyone, and so it was hard to care what was going on with them. Jin deserved better friends, honestly. He spent a lot of time having information kept from him and having to work around Arthie's love interests. 

I wanted to DNF a few times, and I knew I was going to come away from this book displeased when I remembered it was the first in a series and seemed like the kind of book that was going to end on a big cliffhanger. That assumption was correct. 

I think that if you're the type of reader who connects with the type of character that Arthie is, and you don't feel like the romance elements get in the way of the rest of the story, you may enjoy this. The audiobook narrator was okay, but it seemed like she was kind of whispering the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Racism, Trafficking, and Stalking

amschelly153's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, and Blood

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

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

4.25

A vampire heist book with tea and pastries, what more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Racism

noxa's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Trafficking, and War

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was decent, but I wasn't really gripped by the story. It was so, so similar in a lot of ways to Six of Crows, but I didn't feel that the stakes were as high. The characters lacked emotional depth for me, so I didn't feel connected to them during emotionally charged moments. 

There were a few good twists and turns that I honestly didn't coming, although retrospectively I definitely should have. Overall, I think this series has promise, but I'm not sure I'm going to continue with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Child death

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Classism, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Torture, Cursing, Genocide, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, War, Slavery, Stalking, and Hate crime

agirlsnightbookbash'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Colonisation, and Murder

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

 First off.
⭐ 5  
 I loved the story and characters. 

Thank you to Netgalley and FSG for this audio arc.

Maya Saroya, Thank you for bringing these characters to life. 

This feels beautiful and fun and very fresh!  Vampires, twists and tea. I love Arthie and I need every main character to be as fiery as she is. I am a huge found family lover and this book DELIVERS!  

This is a very character driven book and the heist does take a backseat in act two and three, if you’re here for a heist you might not be happy. IF YOU WANT DRAMA AND PLOT TWIST… You want this book. 

Spindrift is not just a tea house, it’s a home for everyone she loves and is afraid to love.

NOW Spoiler

FLICK’S MOM BEING THE RAM!? Why? Who is the Wolf? Has he been there the entire time?? Also Penn shouldn’t have died- at all. 
Arthie being a vampire is very much in your face but it makes sense to distract you from other twists.
Jin turning into a vampire?? Trauma on trauma. I just want to give him a huge and find his parents.

 

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Child death, Murder, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Medical content, and Medical trauma

sarah_loves_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Blood, Child death, Murder, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Gun violence