Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

22 reviews

narbine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Abandonment, Classism, Murder, Violence, War, and Dementia

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Emotional abuse

tales_told_in_gold's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Dementia

Minor: Racial slurs and Cannibalism

mlthomas234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Racism, Torture, and Death

missmiya's review

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Car accident and Dementia

ess_x's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book. At first, I felt that it was taking too long to get to the action, but I’m glad that I stuck with it. I was left crying by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Animal death, Body horror, and Death of parent

danaslitlist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

This was so much more intense than I expected and it was a pleasant surprise. The writing is a big young for me even for it being a YA book and some of the plot felt a little overly convenient, but overall this was a really entertaining time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Suicide, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

5.0

This is a dystopian fiction masterpiece full of plot twists. A company town within a Disney World-esque resort is faced with the activation of modern-day slavery as they bunker down through the destabilization of society. The only con is that I didn’t read it sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Classism, Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicide

ferretfaculty's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Blood, Racism, and Death

lizslazylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

shewhoturnsallpages7834's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first hundred pages were a struggle for me. And Jay’s incredible naïveté irked me but eventually added to the emotional tensions that ran throughout the book, especially after he experiences the darkest parts of the resort and it’s elite.

It is not hard to imagine the sinister plans of the rich and powerful in light of climate change, political divides and racial tensions in the late-stages of capitalism. But the smart use of a vacation resort turned company town riddled with technological fail-safes took this story to another level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism