Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

18 reviews

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a DENSE book. It was THIQQUE with world building and just… so fuckin much political anguish. The scenes of torture and abuse and the beheading scene were intense and the corrupt, the betrayal, the pain. It was a whole lot. And the surprise ending was… wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Cancer and Child death

themessyannotator's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I went through this book pretty fast. It took a couple chapters to get in to but it was really engaging throughout the middle. The overall story was okay but I felt the writing was subpar and the plot was pretty predictable. 

It’s a fun, easy read but it doesn’t really have anything that sets it apart.  I don’t know if I’m interested enough in the story to continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

mfieldshalva's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Slavery

Minor: Police brutality

sofiya's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I was intrigued by the idea of the story and how it would play out, and often found myself not knowing what outcome to root for throughout, which I deem as a positive. However, the book does hold a strong resemblance to other YA dystopian novels I’ve read (Hunger Games, Divergent) and I’m never a fan of first-person in books. 

There were parts I didn’t understand nor like, such as the plan that gets developed near the end. Considering that the characters have known each other for only about a month, they were really quick to rely on an assumption and was already pretty weak in itself.  

Nonetheless, I’m not one to abandon a book series and will be reading until the end. I’m not jumping at the need to move forward, but I am excited to see where the story goes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

hadi_bakrii's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

vicky1318's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Child death and Death

flowergrove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book delves into a new world, that feels like we've all been to it before. A tale we've all read before but  retold with a couple new ideas. It sets racial issues in a tone and genre that is "comfortable and consumable".  (Especially for younger people.) It also allows the reader room to update preconceived concepts of their own privileges. 

  While also giving a interesting story with a crazy ending plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death and Death

fkiely's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Suicide