Reviews tagging 'Death'

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

11 reviews

jaimeneutronn's review

adventurous funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

If there’s any middle-grade book series that needs to be adapted as a 2D animated film (think Ghibi meets How to Train Your Dragon), it’s this one and maybe it’s subsequent sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

lazmataz's review

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Death, and Classism

Moderate: War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

rsagarin's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Kidnapping

juliawitmer's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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

5.0

I've loved this book since I was a kid, and it still holds up! Full of action, adventure, twists and turns. It follows a well-established plot, but is driven forward by the characters just as strongly as the events themselves. A good read for younger and older readers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, and War

This book is absolutely wonderful, but might be a bit much for very young readers. It addresses war and the violence found in war in realistic ways, and this does include some moderately graphic descriptions of death/wounds/etc. That being said, I first read this book at the age of eleven and it didn't permanently scar me or anything.

daisdu's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

I never read these as a child and I left the target demographic behind a while ago, so I know that’s likely to impact my judgement and I’m trying to give it the benefit of the doubt. Largely I would say the book is definitely better than fine, but I feel hesitant to say good. The characters are great and the setting is fun, but the story feels somehow both too slow and jarringly short. It felt like I was told I would be getting an epic adventure of myth and legend, but all I got was a one day trip to a decent amusement park.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

Spiders and roaches feature heavily

naomi_k's review

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: War, Confinement, Dementia, and Torture

ahross's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Violence and Gore

shieldbearer's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This series is an underrated gem. The whole thing is so well plotted and woven together with excellent worldbuilding. It's also clear that this writer has experience with poverty, unlike a lot of other writers who attempt similar subjects. I cannot recommend this series enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Xenophobia, War, Chronic illness, Bullying, Gore, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

nrogers_1030's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

emilianarose's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence