Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

61 reviews

nadiamasood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book lives up to its hype! It’s a relentlessly fast-paced and nerve-wracking time travel and alternate reality thriller that explores memories and identities.

Marcus Slade is the most memorable character for me. I think he’s the smartest of them all. 

There’s a lot to keep track of with the shifting timelines, and at some point, even feels exhausting, but I still enjoyed the book a lot. Plus points for the tender and touching moments in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Genocide, and Violence

mykeyendres's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

Sci-fi but in today’s time. Not intergalactic other worldly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Dementia, Death of parent, and Suicide

jennaem27's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Mass/school shootings

noveltay's review against another edition

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

3rd book I’ve read by this author, and this one is by far the best. Page turner, exciting, sad, everything you want in a scifi about time traveling & multi universes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Dementia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, and Suicide

lavinia_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Death, Child death, Car accident, Torture, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

leegray's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Terminal illness, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

carmluvs2read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.25

This book really makes you think. You have to suspend a lot of disbelief but the memory premise was interesting and well done. There was a lot of action and fast pacing. Very good read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

ursiform's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

kathywoo10's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Dementia, Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement

dunecello's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

Thrilling and thought-provoking exploration into the philosophies surrounding what memory is, what time is, and who we are if not for our memory.
I did my dissertation in neuroscience on the cellular basis of learning, and was impressed by Crouch's convincing job of describing experiments that would be on the cutting edge of this field. As for the rest of the science in this novel, suspending disbelief is required, but is certainly worth it. Keeping track of what was going on was a good brain exercise and it paid off in spades as the story became more and more complex and the stakes became incredibly high. When things got crazy, I found myself flying through the pages in excitement.
This novel reads like an action movie, and I'd love to see it on the big screen. Anyone who enjoyed PKD's We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Total Recall) and/or Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life (Arrival) should surely check this one out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt