Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

19 reviews

schnaucl's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

It's been a while since I read the first book in the series so I'd forgotten that

Jill had killed Lundy.  I guess I won't be reading more about her after all.  That's too bad.

I was surprised we got another story about Jack and Jill.  I was also surprised that nearly everyone seemed to think it would be no big deal to switch bodies with an identical twin because they look so similar.  I would think there would always be some body dysphoria with a body swap, but I could see how it would be even worse with an identical twin, even for someone without OCD.  Even with identical twins there would be some minor differences, enough to produce an uncanny valley feeling every time you looked in the mirror.  

This novella lacked the lyrical omniscient third person perspective that was present in the other Jack and Jill stories. 

I'm glad Jack got her happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Dysphoria, Murder, Gore, War, Body horror, Violence, and Mental illness

momewrath's review

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

ellanarose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Dysphoria, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Medical content, and Animal death

matcha_cat's review

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Grief, Blood, and Gore

thereistime's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Body horror, and Blood

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Medical content

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Probably would have been a higher rating if I hadn't read it this close to my mother's death. 

I was so delighted falling back into this series after a long break since I enjoy the idea behind them and most of the character but there is such utter sadness buried within. 

Sumi is terrifying and delightful in this book.
Jack is falling apart (not literally) and my heart hurts for her.
Alexis is cool as hell.
I had hoped there would be more than the briefest mention of Christopher & Cade, but perhaps they'll get the own stories yet.

As a side note, Seanan pronounces a few words very differently than I have heard them before. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

books4em's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

McGuire really knows how to write an amazing story, wow. I utterly love the character of Jack in the Wayward Children series; I relate to her so much, and that only developed further in this next book. The mental health rep, specifically OCD, is stellar as usual. I also greatly enjoyed knowing what happened after books 1 and 2 in the series with Jack, Jill, and Alexis. The queer rep is great in this one as usual too. The overly descriptive atmosphere of the Moors, and Jack and Alexis' entrance back to Eleanor West's home are done in such detail that you feel like you're taking this adventure with them. I hope we learn what happened with Dr. Bleak at the end, but I appreciated not being left with a lot of questions at the end of this one. Lastly, I loved the parts throughout the book, but especially at the beginning, of Jack's struggle with being in Jill's body and all that comes with that in relation to her being herself and her mental health. I hope we see more of Jack in later books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Injury/Injury detail

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

 I 🥲 am 🥲 not 🥲 okay 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Violence, Vomit, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide

babyleo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Medical content, and Grief