Reviews tagging 'Death'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

23 reviews

woweewhoa's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Ableism, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Vomit, War, and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm, Stalking, and Rape

mdxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: War

besidemyshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

mariemaroll's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Alcohol, War, Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Addiction

sareena's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hughesie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcohol, Vomit, Addiction, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

drvanatta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Even if you've watched the movie first, this book is still worth a read. Regardless, it's. Greatly tense and intriguing novel that reads easily, maybe even too easily. If this book had an apparent flaw, it'd be the lack of subtleties because of the writing style and word choice. This does in no way detract from the story, however, if you are able to put yourself into the mind of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, Death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

hanreadin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcoholism, War, Ableism, Cursing, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked the plot more than the writing. I found the beginning kind of drawn-out, and I had to stick with it for something to start happening. I also understand writing in a time period, but I feel like some sensitivity could have been used in the vocab to keep way from more racial and outdated terms. I think there's got to be a way to be "authentic," but to also be respectful of people's humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, Bullying, Grief, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, and Addiction

emmakchapman'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gun violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and War