Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton

36 reviews

spttsn's review

dark 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

2.75

Difficult book to judge for me, it had a lot of promise.

I liked the premise and I read through it in a few hours, but the execution left a little to be desired. The beginning was confusingly written, the plot in the middle was interesting, and the end was messy and disappointing.

Overall - it kept me interested enough in where the plot was going to not put down, but not invested enough to pickup the second book despite the many questions the ending leaves. 

The map was cool though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

alice_clawford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

rebeccalaur's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Another favourite for me! Reminded me in places of The Song of Achilles, e.g. the focus on how Cooper says Peter's name. Lovely read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Death

erzywerzy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

😭I loved it so much, the plot was so good and the characters aahhhhhh. I cried, I laughed and shouted at my book. I LOVE PETER AND COOPER. I couldn't put it down. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, and Gore

Minor: Trafficking and Death of parent

ethen_rey's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Trafficking, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Child death

jupiterlee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Zombie apocalypse novels can be touch and go just due to the natural of them, but this one was a little different of a take (nothing majorly new though) but with a romance at the heart of it. If you are wanting something gory, action packed and full of zombies, this really is not the book for you. However, if you are looking for a romance set in this type of world, a romance between two shy boys then this is the book for you. 

Now while this is a zombie/undead apocalypse book, it does touch on slavery: exploiting ones that are different to do the work for another, in fear of being killed or found out. There is also a hint of implied sexual assault, but that it is if you squint at the page and if your like me and that's where your mind goes when someone says "they'll be made to do more than just work for them". 

Such an easy quick read, and ill be picking up the sequel as soon as I can! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexism, and Misogyny

viiemzee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic book. I don't think I've ever read a zombie book but I really enjoyed this one and will definitely be reading the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

katielouisef's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, and Torture

Minor: Rape

louexcoticbutters's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.75

Meh. Didn't really hook me. The characters were flat and not really fleshed out and the plot wasn't that good either. It just didn't make me feel enough. I also wasn't a fan of the writing style. And the last sentence didn't shot me which is very important to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Animal death