Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

8 reviews

luc3sca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.25

loooved this book!! wasn’t expecting the main character to have OCD, which was a nice surprise because I relate to him. I liked how the book doesn’t ever explicitly say that ghosts and zombies and shit exists in this world, they’re just there with no real explanation and the reader just has to accept it (which is hard for me but I got over it).
the ending chapters did give me major FOMO though 😭, the graduation hurt my heart because I don’t get to graduate high school with my friends </3. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Minor: Animal death

jpalms0626's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

3.25

The concept of this book is super interesting, though I think having the side characters as main characters did make the story a little boring. The mental health portrayals felt powerful, but even with that I didn't feel attached to the characters and their lives at all. I liked the structure of each chapter starting with the "main plot" before going into the side character's lives. This read very YA (which it did) so it wasn't a bad thing, just not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

sallytiffany's review

adventurous mysterious slow-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? No

3.0

It was interesting. I liked the concept of the heroes of the story and then there being the average kids. But it moved really slowly especially at the end and I wasn’t a big fan of the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Child death, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer

nmwolfe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

captainrenjamin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism

scarroll178's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

0.25

Just not an enjoyable read. None of the characters’ journeys were emotionally satisfying. The book also strongly implies that disorders like OCD are like diseases or injuries that can be “healed” and um… no. A broken arm is something that will heal over time, sure. Anxiety disorders are something you have to live with everyday. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Violence

rainbowpridepin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Death, Violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia and Eating disorder

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

I adore the concept of this book. In typical YA fantasy, you never stop to think about all the people that the book is NOT about. This subverts that, and focuses on ordinary teenagers trying to live ordinary lives, in a world that is slightly more fantastical than our own. I like the focus on mental health, and the discussions of recovery. I also liked the representation of parental relationships, where there are a lot of problems between parent and child, without it being the typical, 'awful' relationship that is seen very often - there isn't anything wrong with this, but it was a refreshing change to see a different perspective. Overall, I really liked this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder