Reviews tagging 'War'

The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey

4 reviews

princessamira's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

alyssaborders's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and War

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Medical content, Death of parent, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, and Animal death

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.0

My favorite part of this book was the ending. Up until the last hour or so of the audiobook, it was a “take it or leave it“ kind of book. But the ending was so good to pull together both books, and it ended hopefully which I didn’t expect. That really added a lot of value to the overall story for me and I really enjoyed it.

Otherwise, for the most part, The Boy on the Bridge feels very much like a slightly different version of the first book. It doesn’t have enough merit stand apart. But that ending was solid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, Ableism, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Grief

Minor: War

One of the POV characters is Asian. Another is Autistic. A Black character enters at the very end as well.