Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

7 reviews

mjmiller_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: War, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

akira_outofthegravity's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I feel like I should rate this higher, but I can’t do it just because it’s a classic, because I enjoyed this a medium amount. I can understand why it’s so influential, I imagine it was quite groundbreaking and I do like the concept- but it’s too much telling and not enough showing. 

There’s just not enough meat on this book, there’s nothing to compel readers to keep going in my opinion. The concept is interesting and terrifying as someone who has a womb, and is slightly scared of pregnancy, but there’s never any stakes. When the action does happen it’s very detached and matter of fact, why should I care about any of these characters? 

Disappointed but I may try his other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book is absolutely wild. i do not typically read sci-fi, and did not really know what i was getting into when i picked this up. i especially did not know this was an older book due to my lack of knowledge on the genre. i struggled with the writing style quite a bit but the story was something i have never read before. and the ending was phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abortion, Cancer, Medical content, Violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Infertility

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Body horror, Car accident, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, War, Blood, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I feel like i missed the horror part of this?
Like it had the build up but then…?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Animal death, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, and Death

booksthatburn's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Death, Child death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Misogyny, and Ableism

Minor: Racial slurs, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Self harm

annaonthepage's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Death, War, and Violence