Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

9 reviews

jan_coco_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is the perfect place to insert a spiritual element to this saga because humanity is literally at the edge of known space. Representatives from many of humanity's religions are headed towards the edge of space, but only one of them suspects that the person who needs spiritual/soul guidance the most is someone who started the journey with them. Anna and Melba/Clarissa's story is by far the most compelling in the book, particularly Melba's slow descent into insanity after her first murder.

I am disheartened to learn that in this near future, there is still no cure nor relief from migraine attacks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

cosmopsis's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

livid_olive's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, War, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Gore, and Grief

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Religious bigotry, War, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Classism, Gore, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

iono's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Murder, Police brutality, Grief, Body horror, Blood, War, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

kerttuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, War, Ableism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction and Racism

idksamiguess's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Addiction

caryndi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Book 3 of the Expanse once again has a host of new characters as humankind goes out to explore The Ring.  Anna was my favorite due to her optimistic viewpoint--and Tilly, of course, was fun as well.  In Melba, we also had (gasp!) a woman who was not hit on at any point...but don't worry, y'all, because she

was a would-be mass murderer,

so who would want that, amirite?

Though the book flirted with exploring the crew of the Rocinante's pasts, the most we got was a bit of confirmation about Amos that had been foreshadowed in book 2.  Despite Holden's intimate relationship with Naomi, he...still does not know anything about her past?  Kind of strange, especially given that they all know his--you'd think he would be the type of person to at least bring it up.

However, Abaddon's Gate goes harder on power struggles than emotional arcs, though Melba does have a bit of one.  I was a bit disappointed we didn't get any resolution with

her and Anna, as I thought they were going to have at least one more significant scene together when Anna saw her in the elevator at the end

.  There's also, of course, more to learn about the beings behind the protomolecule as well as the introduction of a Big Bad I assume we will be seeing more in the future.

Recommend? Yep, another fun, quick read!  Mind the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexism