Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Nasz ostatni dzień by Adam Silvera

98 reviews

hookerkitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

I absolutely loved the humor in this book (esp the dark flavored variety). It was sewn in well to help break up the emotional stuff (and was very much appreciated). Here’s an example that made me cackle:

This brunette girl, mad pretty, is bawling when a guy advances on her with some tired-ass pickup line (“Maybe you’ll live to see another day with some Vitamin Me in your system.”)

As a person with a monster truck of anxiety, I very much related to Matteo. Most of the passages I highlighted to save are from his POV. I enjoyed watching him as the story progressed. 

The only complaint I can think of is my disappointment that Final Destination was not mentioned ONCE during this entire book, when it had been set up so perfectly so many times. But as I was writing this I had the panicky thought that kids today might not even know what that movie is, which is horrifying 

I know there’s a prequel that came after this, and just discovered there’s a book 2 coming out next year. I obviously don’t know what happens in those so I don’t know if this gets answered, but I want another book to come out where you find out there’s some big nefarious conspiracy to how Death-Cast got started, and how people deal with finding it out/having to get it shut down/something like that. Buuut that’s my love of ominous horror/thrillers bleeding into this world lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide, Pregnancy, Child death, Cancer, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

paige_is_me's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.75

HOLY SHIT IM ACTUALLY CRYING!!!!!! IM SO SAD NOW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident and Gun violence

abnormal_shadow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

I really like this book. I have a special interest about death I think about it a lot I talk about it a lot so I was like a course I'm going to love this book. The first four points goes to the way that the story is set uw even though the main characters no death is coming they have very different reactions and how they find each other. I usually don't like split povs but I really like this one because not only where we in the main characters head we were in other characters heads ones that we're going to die that day once that were in relation to the main characters and what's that don't really know the characters but interact with them or saw them. All the povs mattered and and added a tense to the book that I really appreciated.

the way is that the book kept teasing me with their death and in the last chapters when Mateo turned on the stove I was like no this is not his end they did this before he's going to survive and he didn't had me balling at work. Even though the story tells you they're both going to die in the end book makes you believe that they won't until they fucking do. 

It was depressing and it killed me in some places the way that they've talked about their own lives like it was already over even though they were still living. The additional 0.5 Points goes to making them gay I really appreciate it that. It added a lot of depth to the end that I thought was especially interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Murder, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

marena02's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, and Grief

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

The writing style took a while to grow on me but I still really enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Car accident, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, and Body horror

loafingdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Child death

purplee_rain89's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

Most emotional book I've read but so so beautiful and inspiring, it actually made me look at life in a way I never really did before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Blood

caroline1999's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Suicide, Murder, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

This book did a really good job of balancing the heaviness of its material with the need to tell a story that wouldn’t stay mired in existential dread. i appreciate that author wrote from Mateo’s and Rufus’ point of view and did so with distinct characterization. i admire as well how fleshed out all of the non main character felt as well. the story felt like a realistic depiction of what might go down in a world where Death-cast existed. At times, i found the theme being reiterated with slightly different phrasing that didn’t add to the story. i also feel that some people may read this story and not get the message the author intended. it’s a complicated topic, and I am glad someone made an attempt to address it through fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, and Stalking

kingangie's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt