Reviews tagging 'Child death'

One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain

6 reviews

kimbj87's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Death of parent

chanlo1994's review

dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book is so "Florida". Maybe that's why I loved it so much. There's so much nostalgia from the setting that other books taking place here just don't get. Mount Orange and Hidden Glen are fictional, but I've absolutely been there before. And excellent mystery making too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Additional content warning: Drowning

xen0b3at's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Child death

warlocksarecool21's review against another edition

slow-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

2.5

this book was a mess 😂. I was really interested in the beginning, the suspense and atmosphere was written really well but it got sooo slow like for a thriller nothing happened until the 60-70% mark. A lot of the plot was predictable for me, and not because of good foreshadowing imo. I just could not get on board with the driving factor of this plot

(that Rio and Tru were reincarnations of Celeste and Bailey)

. Maybe if it had been done differently I would’ve been more convinced by it but it felt kind of contrived to me and used as a lazy way to set up the relationship between Rio and Tru.  I liked the characters as much as I could but I was so over the relationship drama and East deserved so much better on all fronts 😭😭 

By the time we got to the killer reveal at the end I was so done 😂, I guess I was interested enough to find out how it ended but I was not impressed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

    Well, this book was disappointing. I had hoped the mystery part would go another way. But it was thoroughly predictable. The book had some enjoyable parts, like the supernatural element. But the murderer element was too simple and easy to figure out.

Narrator Rating: 4.25 stars
  The narrator did an excellent job, with tonal shifts and all. I just wish she'd been able to differentiate the male voices more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, and Infidelity

The children's deaths are that of an older sister who is a young teen I believe when she died, and it is briefly described as it is a past event. It is more the grief over it that is prominent in the book. There is also the murder of the teen girls which is more graphically described.

boiler_bookworm's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Entertaining Spooky YA Mystery          

This is my third novel I have read by Ginny Myers Sain and it didn't disappoint! To begin with, the cover of One Last Breath has beautiful, vibrant illustration and  is a perfect fit for the book.  Before reading this novel, I didn't know anything about diving that the main characters enjoy so much in this novel.  Tru, Rio, and East all love diving and I was holding my breath right with the characters.  I did enjoy the characters, but struggle some with Tru's choices.  Camping out in the scrub to try and lure a serial killer out of hiding? Seems like an unlikely (and super not smart) choice.  

Overall, I feel that YA readers will really enjoy the relationships between the main characters.  Myers Sain does a great job of mixing in just a little of the supernatural to enhance the overall mystery of the story.  Although I had an inkling of who the killer was, I was definitely kept guessing! 
        

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Drug use