Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

8 reviews

stabilesero'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Two whole weeks since everyone died and I had only made the most cursory attempts to find any other survivors..... I had watched porn instead.

I freaking loved this. It was so refreshing to have a post-apocalypse book with a British sense of humour. There were so many points that were my favourite but I don't want to give anything away. You may find the MC a little self-indulgent and self-pitying. I honestly hated her for a short while, but let's be honest, we're not all going to be the best apocalypse survivors. This was a treat. 

Also, there's a dog. Need I say any more?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage and Xenophobia

zoe_werdy's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I picked this up knowing nothing about it with quite low expectations and was absolutely blown away. This book was tragic, dark and harrowing but also genuinely funny and relatable, with twists in the plot I didn't see coming. I would definitely recommend but be prepared for some very vivid descriptions of death and decay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Grief

words_and_dreams's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Don't let the cover fool you, this is a post apocalyptic story of survival. 

Set in 2023 there is an outbreak of an awful disease called 6DM, (6 Days Maximum, as that's how long you have.) wiping out the world's population. Everyone except our narrator whowe then follow on her journey of survival.

Pros: 
Loved the premise and that it was set in the UK as these things are usually US based storywise. 
Loved how it explored how lonely it would be and thedescriptions of the world after are heartbreaking and harrowing. The part at the zoo in particular really got to me.
Really enjoyed the style it was told in, it really suited this story.
I enjoyed the exploration of who we really are deep down. 

Cons: The main character was a bit of an idiot, and made some appalling decisions to the point she really annoyed me several times. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ She seemed to have no survival instinct. Yes you could argue she had suffered massive trauma but surely some instinct would kick in. 
The ending was too abrupt for my liking and  didn't flow right. 

Also take note there is obviously a great deal of death, dead bodies in various states of decomposition, numerous bodily fluids and animal deaths.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy

koplomps's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

Wow, just wow. The start of the book was hard but as I got used to the circumstances, it gor easier. After half-way through I didn't want to stop reading at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Infidelity, Excrement, Murder, Gun violence, Infertility, and Misogyny

Minor: Xenophobia

flatreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Child death

sopranoreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child death, Alcohol, Excrement, and Miscarriage

jodierose14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Vomit, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage

luelle_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

That ending just infuriated me. I have no other words at this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Infertility, and Excrement