Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wszystko, co lśni by Eleanor Catton

4 reviews

siobhanward's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Maybe it's because I read this book coming off of Covid, but this was the first book in a long time that I truly wanted to DNF. It just felt so impossibly long and dragged on forever. I didn't care about what was happening, and the characters all just felt bland to me. There were some unique moments that stuck out, but it felt they were few and far between. Rarely do you find a 500+ page book that needs to be that long, and this is a great example of a book that had no reason to be as long as it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Addiction, and Drug use

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Racism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Trafficking, and Infidelity

emmonsannae's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

As I was reading, I kept thinking how glad I was that this book was so long because it meant I would get to spend more time reading it… now that’s a good book! The plot was especially twisty, the pacing was exquisite, the characters were all dimensioned and flawed and brilliant. The ending was satisfying as well. Such a great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Colonisation, Hate crime, Murder, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Genocide, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

sneako's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Gun violence, Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, Trafficking, Police brutality, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, and Addiction