Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Blackout by Mira Grant

4 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gore, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexism

pancaaakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked it, but some parts drug on, and it got pretty predictable. I also was squicked out by the fact that they continued calling each other brother and sister after kissing and basically admitting that their close relationship was always more. Like I would have been fine with it if they stopped considering themselves siblings. The first book was definitely the best, and I felt like bringing Georgia back just made the end of book one feel pointless except for giving Shawn trauma. I also got tired of Certain things being repeated constantly (Shawn calling himself stupid, description of testing units, mentions of Coke, just certain words being overused, etc) overall I think this is such a unique take on zombies and I really enjoy how much research you could tell went into these books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Grief, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

brennaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Incest

redkeys's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Suicide