Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Der Raub by K.A. Applegate

11 reviews

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Death, War, Slavery, Animal death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism and Mental illness

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Colonisation, Violence, and War

Minor: Gore, Genocide, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Gun violence

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, War, Ableism, Bullying, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Vomit, and Forced institutionalization

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and War

emmsiej95's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The one where they have to find some scifi part for Ax.
Marco is nearly boiled alive as a lobster. 
They become ants and rival ants tear off their legs and nearly bite Marco in half.
Also, Marc's mother is alive.

Very enjoyable book. I really like the character arcs being set up in these books. I have it on good authority that those pan out, so that's nice for... I was going to say kids fiction but fiction in general, I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Xenophobia

Minor: Torture and War

ngoclun's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

This book terrified me. The character's impulsive recklessness and the insane plot twists had me stressed throughout the entire read. The events of this book showed the unpleasant kind of morphs unfortunately for Marco, the star of this volume. Marco has always been the cautious and pessimistic one of the group and that side of him is clearly shown as we read his perspective and take in the many fears and worries he carries with him. Marco offered a sense of realism as things don't always go as planned, but he teaches us the importance of keeping control even in tough times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and War

Minor: Mental illness

kstericker's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, War, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

dosxhime's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

The Predator is the 5th book of the Animorphs series and it is the first book to be narrated by Marco. One of my favorite Animorphs for always being right and the love for his family is just so touching. I realte to Marco's thought process and how he looks at the situation at every possible angle and his motive to join the war is so relatable. 

This special book also includes the infamous ants and why it was so damn terrifying. It gets dark pretty early and I have to admit it caught me by surprise. There is a bit of bs, but I think that's just the trademark Animorphs thing that I respect. 

3.9 / 5 C+ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, and War

faesissa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Grief