Reviews tagging 'Death'

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell

96 reviews

rachael_jo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

nexus's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing and Car accident

isabellabolanos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, and Pregnancy

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Abandonment

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

else's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

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

4.0

I love the adventure and the concept and the writing.
It's gay and queer and I love that. But why does the author completely ignore the concept of bisexuality.

One of the characters keeps wondering if he's gay when he dated a girl for 3 years and he never wonders wether he's bi.

It's weird to completely ignore the word and the concept in these circumstances.  It feels like bi-erasure to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Vomit

luxvestravitae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

ameliad23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

I like this book, but it works better as a sequel. It’s a lot of showing “oh wow Baz and Simon don’t get on…oh man it sucks that Baz literally almost took your magic away…man it sucks that your relationship is super complicated…” hence why when Baz confesses to the audience it’s very jarring. 

I’m expected to believe this character I just met is telling me that actually he’s been in love with Simon the whole time? Where?? It’s very half baked. I like the magic, I like the stories woven together, I like the final fight, I like Simon. I love the shade thrown at Dumbledore! but honestly it’s like being thrown in at the deep end. I wish this was a quadrilogy. But I’m not interested in Wayward Son or AWTWB so I guess this is where we part ways SnowBaz.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

libbyhb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

Did a re-read of the first two Simon Snow books ahead of the release of Any Way the Wind Blows, and this time I read them by audiobook! I highly recommend the audiobooks, Euan Morton is a delightful narrator. (Side note, his son is Young Sheldon? Wild.) I've read Carry On at least three times - it's such a comfort read for me. I enjoyed it just as much this time around, although with each reread my patience with Simon lessens, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Kidnapping