Reviews tagging 'Death'

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis

11 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Death, Grief, Ableism, Confinement, and Self harm

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Natural disasters.

tokagelizard's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

 At the end of the world, should only "useful" people get to survive? 

It's 2035 and the date of the comet strike is known. The lucky ones and the rich ones have permanent shelters or spaceships. When Denise and her mom are late to get to their temporary shelter, a twist of fate lands them aboard a private spaceship still on the ground for repairs. The ship only wants passengers who are useful. So autistic Denise needs to devise a way to get her and her addict mom permanently on the passenger list, as well as find her missing sister who is somewhere out there in the post-apocalyptic landscape. 

This was a gripping story with a unique and sympathetic protagonist. It was relatable and refreshing for me to see the world through the eyes of Denise and her autism. (I literally stayed up late 2 hours to finish it so it wouldn't be distracting me at work the next day.) 

The writing was excellent and the author really got me invested in the world, and I was not disappointed in the ending. 

If you are looking to pick up an exciting semi-sci-fi / apocalyptic story with human depth and diverse characters, I highly recommend this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Ableism, and Addiction

hawksrye's review

tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Grief, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Medical content, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Deadnaming

main character has self-injurous stims (thumping head against things, skin picking)

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Ableism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

Flooding Tsunami

maralrose's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Addiction

saffyre's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Transphobia, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Blood and Self harm

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

ON THE EDGE OF GONE is tense and well-crafted. It hits the ground running by proclaiming that the characters are already under the particular sort of doom that accompanies setting off for a 45-minute drive with only 30 minutes to get there. Except their destination is a shelter to preserve their lives when the comet hits, and there’s no way they’ll make it in time. In fact, they don’t. Instead they take a chance and help some strangers who are just as late, but for a different shelter that offers a more immediately obtainable but ultimately precarious hope: that of exiting the planet on a generation ship. There’s a limited number of spots, Denise’s sister didn’t meet up with them before the comet, and her mom wasn’t able to get clean before things got bad. 

The end of the world is never a great place to be, and this focuses on the concerns of someone who isn't obviously in a position to make big decisions or changes. She contributes in crucial ways, but none of them are from being some big damn hero, but just being a person who sees something needs doing and tries to take care of it as best she can.

The opening is one of the most viscerally stressful things I've read, while making me need to keep reading.

I instantly related to Denise because as a kid I had years of hearing "just 10 more minutes" from the person who was my ride somewhere. It instantly connected me to the character and made the rest of the stakes relatable in a way that leaving on time but having an obstacle afterwards simply would have missed, even though the eventual outcome would be the same.

Denise’s autism is inextricable from the story, shaping her reactions and how the other characters react to her. Hers is just one way that being autistic can appear and feel, and the descriptions of what she thinks versus what she can get herself to actually say contribute to the tension in the narrative. The plot is driven by social interactions, both in the attempts to navigate this newly-formed community aboard the docked ship and in interactions with scattered survivors foraging amongst the wreckage of the old world. Some misunderstandings come from allistic and autistic communication differences (especially early on when more of the characters are strangers), but it never felt like that gap was cheaply used. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Self harm

atomicbritt's review

challenging dark hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death

penofpossibilities's review

emotional reflective medium-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

3.0

The first half of this book is slow and stiff, plotwise. The side-characters are not as developed as I would have liked to see, but I liked their potential. I loved Denise, the main character- the autism rep is immaculate and spot on! You can tell this is an own-voices book. I adored the trans rep as well, and the sibling relationship was very well written. A lot of Denise's experiences are very relatable and it makes me happy and emotional to know that alot of people might feel less alone because of this book and this character :') <3.

Towards the end of the book, the pacing of the plot picks up as well, which was a relief and I'd dare say that this book is worth it for the last few chapters alone. 
However, the majority of this book was rather on the boring side, and the storyline cliché enough that it could not intrigue me that much. I did like the writing style, allthough it might have been a bit too inconsitent in places (from plain to very flowery in a heartbeat..).

Overall I do recommend this, perhaps on audiobook 2x speed this would be better suited though (?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Violence, Ableism, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use, Transphobia, Confinement, Cursing, and Gore

puttingwingsonwords's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia