Reviews tagging 'Death'

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165 reviews

automatic_rae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

An excellent concept, not executed the way I’d expected. I struggled to pick this one back up once I put it down. I enjoyed, just not as much as I’d hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Classism

ratloaf's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: War

ezwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was kind of like Cabin in the Woods meets the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. But queer and with a dash of found family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

shysheepys's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

traa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

nnylelocin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

nithya_natalya's review against another edition

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

4.0

Queer horror that centers on one of the things that I love about horror - how hopeful it can be, even in the bleakest of situations. It's a genre that is such a testament to how hard people are willing to fight just to live. Also, this really reminded me of Severance by Ling Ma. Very different style, but a similar critique of late stage capitalism, and the idea that younger gens must suffer, but also be grateful for the horrors created by greed. If you are fed up with your capitalist overlords, this is definitely a cathartic read. 

My only struggle with this was that the author writes in third person omniscient and switches perspectives without chapter or page breaks. So on the same page, you'll get the thoughts and feelings of multiple different characters. Especially when first being introduced to the characters, being in one person's thoughts and then suddenly another's was a bit of whiplash and just generally confusing because there were so many characters to get to know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racism, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

furiosa_2193's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

jumiofdiamonds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

leafy_literature's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Great book, nice fast read. Only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the map in the beginning is completely wrong, based on where things are located in relation to one another in the text. Why create a map if you can't even bother to make it right?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, and War