Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

94 reviews

juliahendrickson's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Murder, Suicide, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Stalking

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Grief, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Pedophilia, and Body horror

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Alcohol, Drug use, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

sidhe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

This book deals graphically with the impact of a global pandemic so you may not feel up to it in the current context.

eleanorvancestan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

My favourite book of the year and one of my favourites ever. If i could rate this any higher I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

the whole book centers around a deadly pandemic and the societal collapse that followed. Could hit close to home after Covid 19

athryn's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

I read this because I watched the miniseries. Very interesting to see the changes between the book and the show, from small things like moving it from Toronto to Chicago, to bigger things, like Clark getting a much more sympathetic treatment in the show rather than the book.  The thing I really appreciated was it made Miranda's story and the comic make more sense to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Death, and Child death

szuum's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death and Rape

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape and War

Adult/minor relationship warning is partially for a couple who met when one was a minor. Ableism warning is for the trope of a disabled character dying as part of an abled character's story. Colonisation warning is just in case, for discussion of Israel in a normalized light.

orchidd's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Murder, Grief, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

larbster90's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, and Terminal illness

anarchist_al's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

An absolutely gorgeous, gorgeous book. Haunting to read after 2020. I loved the twisting timelines and perspectives and finally seeing all the connections form and play out and pass. I want to know everything about this world and every single character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy