Reviews tagging 'Death'

Himmel und Hölle by Malorie Blackman

58 reviews

beccamay99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence

danileah07's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide attempt

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

ells_shelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

12dejamoo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

Not even sure where to start with this one. I absolutely devoured it the first time I read it when I was 12 and it was the same 10 years later. I love how Malorie Blackman manages to write a book for a younger audience that doesn't feel childish and still very much holds up to an adult.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

veskumelooni's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

lethukhanyile's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

mercury20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

Absolutely one of my favourite books, the beginning can be a little slow but once I get to the good part I can't put it down until its finished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

sophie1_xox's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

bookphenomena_micky's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I had to see what this series was all about, decades later but it remains a popular series and one beloved by many. This world of noughts (white people) and crosses (black people) was in some ways not dissimilar to our society but with harsher penalties and restrictions at times. This soceital structure was nothing we haven't seen played out in our world's past or currently...all reversed.

All that taken into account, this made for a compelling tale. These two young people, different sides of the tracks, different colour skin did not see their differences, until they did. Their friendship was sometimes beautiful, sometimes ugly and ultimately harmful.

I did not see that end coming, it hurt and it shocked but I can see why people are drawn to this series. I will read on.

**I wince calling this 'dystopian' when it's only an exaggerated reversal of our current society. Please check out some black reviewers.** 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death