Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

19 reviews

emilylouise1608's review against another edition

tense fast-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

4.0

Tense. Tense. Tense 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Cancer, Murder, Drug use, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

drybay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Cancer, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I really didn’t like this book. the writing was not my favorite, the characters felt illegitimate, and the ending/reveal was cheap and obvious in my opinion. after reading the back i was so incredibly excited to read and love this but it just felt like a first draft :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cancer

szpetot's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

ashareadsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book had such an interesting premise to it, having a loved one kidnapping forcing you to kidnap someone to get them back and keeping that going on and on and on, but i think in the end it was kind of fumbled. There was far too much information when it came to describing the guns in the book and the military background of one of the characters. On top of that, the first heroin scene was completely out of nowhere and it again was too much information, and that was also brought up many times. I feel like it should have focused more on other things. The reveal was sort of underwhelming a little bit and the small romance subplot seemed very forced. I think the first part of the book was much better than the second part. the first part seemed well thought out and interesting while the second part felt… like the author didn’t know where to go. I gave it a 3.25 because while there were a lot of flaws with it, i did find it enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

hilarylouise's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Cancer

Moderate: Murder, Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: War

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Vomit

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury