Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The End by Lemony Snicket

8 reviews

mckiheather's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

dreamerfreak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It was not necessarily a happy ending or a sad ending but it was a satisfying one. It was a nice way to end the series. 

Quotes:
“Announced for the umpteenth time”

“Unfortunate onion of a story”

“…the gathered islanders were in the midst of an argy-bargy, a word for “argument” that is far less cute than it sounds.”

“…letting their tears run down their faces and into the sea, which some have said is nothing but a library of all the tears in history.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Deportation, and Gaslighting

nick13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

So I am finally done with this series an I am so...disappointed. That's not a bad thing! There's a reason that I gave this book 4 stars. And that's because being disappointed is kind of the while point. The mystery is never solved because the mystery is the whole point, the story never really wraps up because the lesson is that life never really wraps up in a neat and tidy bow. And yea I know that's bit I can't help but be so angry still!!! Ahhh I love this end and I hate it and I want more!!!!!! 
Okay, but for reals though, this ending was so good and the story told in the book was pretty decent too, though I can't say it is my favorite of all of them, and I can say that this series will forever hold a special place in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death of parent

rory_john14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Child death, Medical content, and War

just_klaudia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

jourdanicus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Eating disorder

ohkmurr's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I re-read this book in 2020 for the first time since reading it as a kid, and let me tell you: it still holds up.

The fact that the world is full of treachery and there's no way to escape it and no way to shield yourself from it is the most important message of the entire series. The only way to go on is to know that no matter how wicked the world, there is goodness, too. Sometimes it may seem the wicked have won, but as long as there is good, wickedness will never truly triumph.

(Fun fact: I found a Borders receipt dated October 24, 2006 shoved between the front cover and first page. An ancient artifact, indeed.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief