Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

4 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Trigger warning: murder of a dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

OH MY GOD. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING. ugh i loved this book but the ending left me disappointed tbh... otherwise really interesting worldbuilding and narrative!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

molly_is_a_beast's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

I found the plot to be obvious and predictable and the love interest was unlikable. It felt almost like he had no life other than her.

I also found that it was silly for the first boy she ever meets that’s not part of her family is what we now have to call “the love of her life.” I felt very distrusting of Alex until he left himself die for her which was odd considering this is only the first book of three and if he’s going to die I would at least hope that they would discover that he was actually planning something sinister or wasn’t all that he seemed otherwise he’s just dead?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Blood and Cursing

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-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

Didn’t love it. DNFed about 2/3 of the way through because it was just so slow paced and I could feel it putting me in a reading slump. Maybe I’ll get back to it one day but for now it was just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia