Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

18 reviews

jessversteeg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Child death

sonja_maria's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, and War

reinspired_reader's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Frustrating to read. The concept was great, unique at times, and I adored one or two of the side characters, but the pacing was off and it was poorly written with stilted dialogue. Some of the rules of the magic system and the lore of the island were never fully explained and the rules/parameters of the magic system often contradicted each other.

The major adventure the two main characters undertake to find the missing girls is rendered almost pointless - by the time they get the answer they are looking for, they have nearly found it another way anyways.

I was left annoyed because I wanted better for this story. It *could* have been great, but it fell flat. I almost DNF'd it at 150 pages in. I ended up skimming a lot of it until I got to a place where I actually cared enough to keep reading to find out what happened. I will not be picking up the second book in this duology, and will likely avoid reading Rebecca Ross in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

nutmegandselkie's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Child death

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death and Violence

Minor: Blood

rayreyes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow wow wow. Killer. I’m so grateful I came across this book because of an instagram post by another favorite author. Truly fantastical and enthralling. I’ll sing this book’s praises all year. Reads like this give new weight to a five star read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Stalking, Grief, Torture, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Child death, Abandonment, War, and Miscarriage

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

blueberry_waffle29's review

adventurous dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is written for adults, but you can tell the author is used to writing for a more youthful audience. It’s fairly airtight, but some things seem to be brushed over, like Jack’s quick turn from the mainland life he lead (the passages about his struggle between Cadence and the mainland aren’t so convincing). The supposed hatred between him and Adaira is laughably weak. But the tangible growth Torin experiences with Sidra, continuing into the sequel, is incredibly done. His thread is by far my favorite. This book is incredibly encompassing, excellent and lush world-building. It’s rare for me to give 5 stars so 4 is no detriment to the author! Highly recommend if you like palace intrigue, magic, and exploration of masculinity like Torin’s.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Self harm, and Violence

kryzysowa_narzeczona's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Miscarriage and Child death

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage