Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Bridge of Souls by V.E. Schwab

25 reviews

kassidyreads's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

sunsetcity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, and Death

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

warning: Harry Potter references! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, Death, Medical content, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

luckykosmos's review

dark 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

4.0

Tied up the series very nicely - felt more tense than the previous books with higher stakes, but not inappropriate for a middle grade series. It's a nice spooky offering for children, and a light-hearted horror for adults. Sadly Cassidy's Harry Potter references have already dated the series with JKR's descent into TERFdom since the first book was released, so readers uncomfortable with that should be aware that they are still mentioned here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

mitacaparos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

8.3 cawpile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Slavery

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

The stakes are risen in this one in the best way possible! Cassidy keeps finding herself in more and more dangerous situations, continually building on the world that Schwab created in the first book. We get more of Lara in this one, and I'm loving the friendship between her and Cassidy. If there are more books, I definitely hope that she keeps popping in just at the right moment.

If you're looking for a great, spooky middle grade read, I'd definitely recommend this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Slavery, Terminal illness, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Racism

bookcrushin's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

For a MG series these books are scary AF! Like ghosts scare me as it is, but the darkness involved...whew! Absolutely loved each and every one of these 3!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

ghosts

booksabound's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? N/A

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Car accident, Child death, and Murder

Additional Content Warning:

Features hospital scene

angel_kiiss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

iamkiaraayleen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Slavery, and Terminal illness