Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

4 reviews

iane_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Bullying, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Hate crime

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Child death

readingqueerly's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

First of all, ouch my heart. Secondly, this was really incredible. The storytelling mixed with the illustrations which had a particular style really brought this graphic novel to life completely.
The author did an amazing job at portraying all of these characters, especially Conor, and making you understand exactly what they are feeling, and why they act the way they do.
In addition, there are many lessons and messages to be taken from this book, but it never felt forced. It's merely presenting the idea that we shouldn't take things at face value or fill in gaps with the most obvious solution. 
I absolutely loved this and I cannot believe it was on my shelf for this long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Child death

garynoplastie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Blood and Panic attacks/disorders

eloiseisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence