Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Dust by Hugh Howey

7 reviews

hownovelofher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

Pretty decent ending to an altogether very enjoyable series. BUT I still have soooo many questions. I wouldn’t say there are “plot holes” per se, more just like information that could be expounded upon.
I think it’s a wonderful story that was worth telling and Hugh Howey did a great job in doing so. I started watching the TV series as well and I can’t wait for the film iteration of this book.
My favorite characters were most of the supporting ones. I think my favorite aspect of the book was all the found family content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Blood, and Terminal illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child death

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Terminal illness, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Child death, War, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.5

Brilliant end to the series. It’s going to stick with me for a long time, I’ll be thinking of the characters and imagining what they’re up to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, and Terminal illness

jessy4550's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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: Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Genocide, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Classism

leafblogger's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

I contemplated whether I should give this 4.5 or 5 stars but man. That last chapter really cemented it for me. What a fantastic story of isolation and hope. I just really enjoyed this book and series. The setting is so good and interesting, the timeline is never confusing, and the characters are all distinctive. I loved Solo, Anna, Juliette, Elise, and Donald. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

senpai_eeyore's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Certainly the weakest of the three. The writing felt procedural. Like Characters felt more in service to the plot than in service to themselves. Overall I enjoyed the series and am glad I finished.

the first book was the best, second book took us away from the main story with the characters and created this story of Silo 1. The third book attempted to bring them all together but just felt inevitable. I knew what was coming, the deep dives into why went unanswered. Character would die but then other would just move past it in service of the plot. The religious plot was extremely uncomfortable and hamfisted. There was enough tension without marrying off the youngest child to a creepy priest out of nowhere. It wasn’t a focus of any of the books or a note in any of them so it just felt really bad instead of adding to the narrative.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

readerette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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? Yes

5.0

This is a beautiful and heart-rending conclusion to the trilogy. It gets dark in the middle and I found myself having to slow down and sprinkle in romance novels and other light reads to counterbalance the despair and uncertainty. 

I can only say, keep reading. The Silo series characters and the world they live in only grow more compelling in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, and Adult/minor relationship