Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Drowning by T.J. Newman

63 reviews

brookebatesratesbooks's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death and Child death

bethanybreton's review against another edition

challenging inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

This author really takes the time to do a lot of research for her novels. The engineering and scientific facts about the rescue effort are impressive and really kept the book interesting while also informative. Would be a fantastic movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OMG! Another fantastic read by TJ Newman. 

Edge of your seat thriller the entire time. 

So easy to put yourself in the passengers’ place and be terrified just the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Cancer, Infidelity, and Violence

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Blood, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

danileah07's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Medical content

amhud1030's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

challenging sad 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? No

2.5

unpopular opinion alert!!! 🙃 after absolutely loving FALLING, I knew I had to snag this one (after waiting until two trips via flights were over iykyk) 

however, it didn’t do it for me…

what I loved the most about FALLING was the mystery behind the suspense thriller elements, leaving the reader flipping through pages to not only find the resolution but also to find out the reasoning behind the entire thing! 

DROWNING had none of that, in fact we don’t even find out the reason behind the plane crash in the first place! I wanted more of a mystery sabotage element, and what I got was a heart-pounding race to the finish line suspense novel 🤪 which don’t get me wrong was completely bingeable, but I wanted more!!!

I really loved how humanized all of the characters were, even the assholes, and how I was rooting for each and every one of them until the very end! and for someone with a slight fear of flights, I appreciated how it didn’t spend much on the crash itself but instead on the aftermath (which was WILD) 🤯😱

I would definitely read more by this author in the future, but sadly, this one missed the mark for me!

thank you to netgalley and simon & schuster for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!!

rating: 2.5 stars
wine pairing: paso robles merlot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

noladawnreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity

locpressedbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

Real shit, the only reason this is getting 4 stars instead of 5 is because of how the one black character was portrayed. 

1. Playin on the stereotypes w/ her being unable to swim 
2. And her being the comic relief 

Those two things aside, it still was a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Blood and Vomit