Reviews tagging 'Death'

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

10 reviews

karly_ackley's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Car accident, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Animal death

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death

nitya's review

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

Read for MLIS elective

Not what I expected but I am not complaining!

Content warning: domestic abuse, death of sibling, hair horror (for me, I am still gagging), animal death, car accident

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Violence and Animal death

cmriordan's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

azyef's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide, Gore, Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

malloryfitz's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

stephisbranded's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book made me think of The Virgin Suicides- there is a group of boys who watch 4 sisters and want to do whatever they can to protect them and be near them. Besides the sisters, I felt like some of the characters fell flat. Even the abusive father was...boring? It's weird to say that, but I just didn't get anything from him. Also, the three sisters are reeling over the death of their oldest sister (you find this out in the beginning of the book), but I couldn't find myself caring because we never really learn much about Ana. I really wanted to like this story, but it just wasn't for me. I'm glad it was a little shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism

nesstea's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The way the chapters were broken up made the book unnecessarily confusing but was able to look past that for a strong story about sisters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

surefinewhatever_'s review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A compelling ghost story about sisterhood and grief. At times, this book felt reminiscent of The Virgin Suicides based on the neighborhoods boys occasionally narration and mystic regard of the sisters. I found myself cheering for the sisters and wishing to protect and defend them. And my heart swelled at the mention of San Marcos and Austin. Ugh, books set in Texas will always be a soft spot for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Death

Minor: Animal death

bronsonmh's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 I thought this was such a powerful read about sisterhood and how the bound can never be broken even when there is a time when things are drifting apart. The Torres sisters had each other to look after while living with an abusive type father. Who was controlling and wanted the daughters all to himself. Then one night the eldest daughter Ana accidentally dies when falling down a tree while climbing from her window. Then a year later the sisters can sense Ana is back in the house. Her ghost is haunting them. I love the different points of views from the sisters to piece together their lives and how they are trying to move on from Ana's death. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence