Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

109 reviews

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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? Yes

5.0

When I finished this book, on the spot, nothing bad came to mind to point out! 

🌈 Dystopian books scare my anxiety. I like that they're meant to cause discussion and discomfort, but I want to read to escape my anxiety...
Given that this is a book about a post-apocalyptic world that went through a super-flu after COVID and lost like 90% of the population, I was still iffy about it. It didn't bring out bad memories from the Pandemic for me, but there are topics about grief over family members, so be careful.
(Note: it was written before the coronavirus and the author had to make little changes before publishing)

🌈 Our main characters are: Andrew, a sassy gay teen, who stumbles with his injured leg on Jamison/Jamie's cabin. Jamie, a gentle and lonely teen, ends up saving his life and leg thanks to the medical diary his mother left him.
While Andrew recovers on Jamie's couch for a few weeks, the boys grow closer and their existences become irreplaceable for each other.
For some reason, they leave the cabin (as the map shows at the beginning of the book) and their friendship is put to the test many times. Finding food, and shelter, greeting or avoiding survivors, secret agendas and questions of the heart will be some of the things floating in their minds.

🌈 Their growing friendship and bond are great and compensate for the slow burn in their romance. I value every moment they thought about how they saw each other and how they felt, especially Jamie discovering himself.

🌈 This is mostly a book about two boys surviving together. They are broken by their own experiences and are put to the test by the harsh environment and people.

🌈 While reading this book there were many times I forgot I was reading. The vibes are perfect for autumn, despite being a late spring/early summer book. I like the author's writing a lot and I will recommend this book always.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐+💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Child death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Animal death

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Racism and Vomit

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

elio_altomare's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism and Homophobia

Minor: Racism

_sophahs_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.75

I liked this! I read it as part of a school book club/ book exchange thing and was drawn in because it’s gay, but I liked it for other reasons too. While the writing at times feels a little immature or cringey, it is definitely a page turner and I finished the book really quickly. But I also think a post-apocalyptic world with very few people left sets a really good theme for the communication of themes - morality, the importance of family, friendship and love, survival (both literal and psychological), power and the ways it manifests itself, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Vomit, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

Suicide attempt warning is for mentions of a posthumous character having asked for assisted suicide.

ronan900's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Abandonment, and Bullying

emilunax's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, and Homophobia

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

This post-apocalyptic post-pandemic book was perhaps shockingly good and sweet, although as a YA, some of it just moved a bit too fast. 

I thought the main characters were really enjoyable and easy to empathize with, as with most of the secondary characters. I wish Cora had been a bit more developed though. 

As a pandemic book, I thought this author did quite well developing the world the characters were living in. I also found that making them in a post-COVID world where we seemingly learned nothing was a strong choice that actually made this world more engaging!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, and Homophobia