Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

15 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

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Racism, and Infertility

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, and Gun violence

fictionalsarah's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Addiction, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Vomit, Excrement, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

weatherstained's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Animal death

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

aaron5830's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Very interesting book depicting a scenario which I’ve always wondered what it would be like to face.

The main character is a really unlikeable person. Towards the end we finally see some positive development in her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Addiction, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

findingthefantasticstory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have just finished the audiobook and I loved it.

I think this is a definite book to listen to. To story is told through recordingd mad by the main character. The narrator brings so much more emotion to the book. There's scenes where you really feel all the emotions and you are there with the main character hoping she get through everything. This makes the listening to the audiobook very emotional, there were times where I wanted to cry on the bus.

I would really recommend this to anyone who wants a different take on a distopian.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

If you are a fan of dogs be careful, I got very emotional.

max63815's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Xenophobia, Gun violence, Bullying, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty

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