Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

4 reviews

emilygunshon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

2.0

The book was well written and was good at building the characters but I found this book soooo drawn out and by the time I got to the end I was just glad to finish it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Child death

nancy163's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, War, Gore, Murder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

tallulahlucy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

The dog dies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, War, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, and Gaslighting

belle789's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

MY FAVORITE BOOK AND I HATE READING! I love the instant attention grasping and thoughtful story! Just read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Vomit, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder