Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

41 reviews

idroplungs's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

Justin Cronin is one of my favorite authors, The Passage trilogy is my favorite. He has a way of writing that sticks with you for years, and I look forward to what quotes I'll be remembering from The Ferryman in the future.

I want to give it 5 stars - the writing is incredible and the ending beautiful (even though the editor could've recommended just a small swapping of a few pages), but I just can't bring myself to forgive that "twist" that I prayed wasn't coming the whole time.

it was all a dream mixed with the matrix? I saw it coming (well, the matrix piece at least), begged it not to, and damn near threw the book when it did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

teabex's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Classism, and Child death

Minor: Suicide and Murder

capnhist's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

It's basically the matrix but with more parent horror

metchap's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death

rsouders's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Police brutality

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Gun violence

Cerebral without trying to hard. Fantastic details tying together throughout the entire book.

sturmland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Child death

lisamariek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Child death

she_who_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

luverbyrd's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Just when you feel like it's strange, it gets stranger then stranger and then weird to the point of "what the heck is happening!?". Eventually it makes sense. For me I sort of was on the right track but definitely threw me for a loop with the truth. I'm not going to say much because it is definitely best to go into this as blind as possible, because what a ride it took me on.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Death, and Child death

itsme_lori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Child death, and Grief