Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

23 reviews

lori007's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

mousetrap's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence, Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Classism, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

opplecopter's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Torture, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Confinement, and Drug use

exlibrisphoebe's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Confinement, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexual content, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

vyralvyris's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

A fascinating take on LOTF in a more modern time, the only glaring annoyance being how heavily technology addiction is blamed for the events of the novel.  Otherwise, literally couldn't put it down, listened to the full audiobook in two days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cannibalism