Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Hunger by Michael Grant

12 reviews

sunniva174's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Body horror, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cannibalism

loz1327's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, and Gore

0pen_b00ks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Medical content, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence

nnannanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.5

The characters in this series are not loveable or relatable to me in any level. Maybe it's because I'm older and able to see past the teenage romance.

Every girl in the book is valued only for their looks and they're also written to act accordingly. I didn't find any moment when there would be interesting dialogue with the women in the book. Yet every time some male character meets a new girl she is described as "beautiful" or "pretty". Also the way Mary's eating disorder is handled in a book aimed at teenagers is very cringeworthy and possibly harmful. She is described as "model thin" and how "weight loss made her look good".

I did not enjoy the book, just finished to get it done with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Body shaming

thesawyerbean's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

An interesting follow up to the first in the Gone series. I found it to be a bit slower than Gone, but still an enjoyable read. It’s amazing how fleshed out the characters are considering how huge the cast is. I hope Lies continues to be as enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Ableism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Body horror, Vomit, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

quejk25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Torture

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, and Vomit

jack_holmes06's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism

ediefmullen's review against another edition

4.0

DONT READ WILL LITERALLY TRAUMATISE YOU !!!!!! 
Does the sound of staving little kids and young teenagers sound nice or perhaps a little girl (8) who have an Ed so starves herself (more than what is already happening (aka starvation) ) and eventually faints and then is tied down and forced to eat 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder

abbieinwonderland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

laurenw22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Eating disorder and Torture