Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

5 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Vomit, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

Suicide attempt warning is for mentions of a posthumous character having asked for assisted suicide.

prasi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I struggled a bit at the beginning because the way the author wrote each POV was too similar and I kept getting them mixed up, or I would be reading and forget whose POV I was reading. 

After a few chapters I started to get a better feel for their individual personalities and could enjoy the slow-burn of their kinda enemies to friends to lovers relationship. 

I really felt like I was going on a journey with Andrew and Jamie, exploring the world they were living in and their quest to get to some place better. It was wholesome and nice to read a dystopian post-apocalyptic novel with some lgbtqia+ rep. 

The only complaint I have is about the world building. It felt like it heavily leaned on the experiences of the past few years with COVID and the reader had to create a lot of the backstory based on those experiences. That held things together when I read it now in 2022 but I don't know how that's going to hold up in the future when things may change (hopefully) and fear of a pandemic isn't fresh in the readers minds. 

But for right now in 2022, I enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Stalking

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Classism, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicide, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Kidnapping, Bullying, Torture, Outing, Misogyny, Ableism, Vomit, Stalking, and Police brutality

manic_mantis's review

emotional hopeful 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

This is one of those books that will leave you feeling both fulfilled and empty by the end. So much happens in this book and yet by the end you still find yourself wanting more. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and I recommend it to anyone who knows how to read. 5/5⭐️ will be reading this again! P.s. this one's a tear jerker, I am currently crying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

smasson13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was such a surprise. 

Honestly, I imagined I was done with apocalypse books in a COVID world, but this was peddled to me hard as the queer romance I needed.  

It was so much more than a romance or a post apocalypse book. As a YA novel, some themes were pretty obvious, but over all it was beautifully written and addressed such a difficult topic at a difficult time. 

The main characters are adorable and they cry and it's real! That being said, I found their voices very similar so occasionally would have to look back and see whose chapter I was reading. As well, the side characters are a little under developed. 

The romance doesn't feel forced. Instead it's just sweet moments and a whole lot of feelings. 

Besides the cute queer romance though, this book was really well written as an adventure. While it may have followed some cliché storyline and themes, it never once felt forced or fake. Instead it was riveting. I was always unsure where the story would go next and the tense moments truly got my heart racing. 

So while there may be flaws, it still receives a full 5 stars for me 🌟 What a fantastic novel, told with a gentle handle, for our very fragile world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Biphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Stalking