Reviews tagging 'Death'

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

25 reviews

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

While I don't personally enjoy zombie fiction that much, I do enjoy Paul Tremblay, and he does very well here. This story rushes along to its final two sentences before the epilogue and, to be honest, I sortof wish it had stopped there. Either way, a delightful read, if you enjoy seeing people's lives fall apart in a way that bears absolutely no resemblance at all to Covid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Blood, Animal death, Death, Medical content, and Violence

venusianbabie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

jeninthebooks08's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.25

Maybe 2.25? This was meh. Prequel got me hooked, rest of the book was a bore. Didn't like the characters or the dialogues. Forgettable.

[My bad for reading this book knowing a pregnant woman would be involved. Reading so much about pregnancy and birth made me queasy, I'm not the right target.]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

ekmartin's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this was basically a parody of the covid-19 pandemic. very good commentary on how people act when they are exposed to a situation like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Hooked into this after reading the beginning excerpt in A Cabin at the End of the World. It was a fun take on the zombie tale, trying to lean more into the realism version while still holding onto the horror, which was well balanced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident, Mental illness, and Gun violence

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Medical content

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical trauma

jhansell's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Violence

free_the_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Body horror, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Death, and Mental illness