Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

50 reviews

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Death of parent

littlewitch_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death, Suicide, Death of parent

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was so unmemorable I truly do not even remember what happened despite reading it only a few months ago. I don’t recall much about what I didn’t like about the novel except for the fact that it dragged and felt unoriginal. Crouch set a really high bar with his other two novels so I was bound to be disappointed at some point. 

 

Upgrade’s plot revolves around something involving genes and a man named Logan who discovers his genome has been hacked. And there is something to do with his mother being involved in a gene editing scheme? All and all, it felt like the plot went nowhere and I was just pushing myself to finish it. I recommend reading Dark Matter and Recursion though - those are the books I have placed into the hands of a lot of library patrons time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

sneakysnam's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder

hannahollihan's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent

kirstym25's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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 I loved this book. The ending was perfect! You don't get a perfect ending with everything told to you. It doesn't end happily ever after, but that's what I love about Blake Crouch's books! I would have liked a bit more about his wife, Ava, Nadine, and Kara, but other than that perfect! It was a wild ride. I laughed, I cried, and I gasped in surprise. It was just a great book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Terminal illness, Torture, Fire/Fire injury

katrinarose's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Dark Matter and Recursion were both better than this one, but I still enjoyed it. Fast paced, interesting sci fi concepts, balanced with some philosophizing about humanity, but just a bit lacking in character development and the truly mind bending stuff of his other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

tanishah's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging informative mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Suicide, Death of parent

kponturo's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent