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A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

24 reviews

sarahjulianna's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Addiction

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Vomit, Infidelity, Abandonment, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

pikkumarja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Todella vaikuttava kirja ekokatastrofista, vastuusta ja sukupolvien erosta. Rakastan lasten näkökulmasta kerrottuja kirjoja ja se yhdistettynä tähän ilmastonmuutoksen aiheuttamiin vitsauksiin muodostaa kokonaisuuden, joka ei jätä kylmäksi. Kirja on todella raju.

Täysiä tähtiä kirja ei kuitenkaan saa, koska välillä joitain kritiikkejä ja ajatelmia oli kirjoitettu ehkä vähän liiaksi auki. Vertauskuvallisuus ja kaoottisuus sopi kirjaan paljon paremmin.

Edit: Kirja jäi niin vahvasti pyörimään mieleen, että kävin nostamassa arviota!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Gun violence

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Torture, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

vavocado's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Lord of the flies, end times, and the loss of faith in adults. Death of innocence. This could (and should) have been three times as long and I still would have enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

lybarron's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

A great post apocalypse novel where the kids are more mature than the adults. I loved this take on what communal life might look like and the self awareness of children in a situation where the world is falling apart. The role reversal gave such an interesting look, especially for people who may have raised their own parents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Animal death

dawntin's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

bookishcori's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

2.5

Apocalyptic story with irreverent teens and their apathetic parents in an allegory about climate change/destruction. This was weird and fine. Majorly underwhelming. Also felt like an adult trying to write how they think teenagers act/talk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Drug use

Birth trauma

booksthoughtsandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a quiet horror. The kind of creepy, unsettling book that makes the reader reflect on themselves. Horrific because the horror elements are realistic, current and future problems we will face.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

mollmccaff's review

dark fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Animal death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Blood

reading_rainbow_with_chris's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

 

“A Children’s Bible” by Lydia Millet

A group of children and teenagers are frustrated by their parents, holed up in a shared vacation home where the parents act without care or responsibility. When a hurricane sweeps through and begins what appears to be the end of the world, the children take fate into their own hands guided by the prophecies of a child’s bible. I deeply enjoyed Millet’s writing style, especially the mostly consistent use of “we” and “they” as the primary pronouns. Although the narrative is from one teen’s point of view, the use of the collective reframes the story as a community narrative. I will admit that for the me the narrative point about the irresponsibility of past generations was a bit heavy handed at points, but I still felt that there were enough surprises in the story that I remained engaged despite catching the theme very early on. I listened to the audiobook and was compelled to keep listening, but the style of the book was such that I expect I would have been absolutely riveted reading it as well. I strongly recommend this novel. 

 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, and Blood