Reviews tagging 'Child death'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

47 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

Super fast paced and generally liked it. The twist of who is mainly responsible was a lil surprising but another part was a lil predictable. I didn't LOVE the end/epilogue but I didn't hate it either. 
Would've liked a little expansion on Lilliard and whatever his deal was

(like why he was pretty chill with Ms. Keane and why he hated the camp. How much did he know/not know)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death

zombiezami's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

I feel like the magic being introduced in the last third wasn't executed well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Death, Child death, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Child abuse, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Racism

bookb1itch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

i read this to check its suitability for the 12 yo readers who "want horror". (Short answer - no). BUT I loved it and was completely hooked.  As someone who only came to horror in my 50s, I am fairly unaware of the tropes employed by slasher films, referenced in this book.  So much fun, with a really great twist at the end.  The supernatural element was great too.  Can't wait to put this in the hands of the right 15yo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

llams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Murder, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Animal death

reedandright's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Police brutality, and Sexual content

sar_lion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

So good, I cared so much about all of the characters and what happened to them. The twists were so good, and writing made it so suspenseful. I could not stop reading it and now I want more. The ending was incredible, better than I could have imagined when I started reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Child death

mianou_h494's review

dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death

typedtruths's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

my first five-star of the year! i devoured this

▷ Representation: Black sapphic protagonist; BIPOC & queer scs.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Child abuse, and Racism

➸ Trigger warnings for racism, child abandonment and neglect discussed, implied guardian with alcoholism, death of a friend and girlfriend (on- & off-page), graphic blood, injury and gore depiction including multiple dead bodies, murder and attempted murder by gun, axe, arrow and knife, hostage situation, physical assault, strangulation, cults, animal death & dead bodies, and grave desecration.

thissagreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

I almost DNF’d this book TWICE. Because unfortunately this was a weak story even though it has really solid potential… I knew it would be “campy” but I feel like there was something missing in the dialogue- like the words were falling flat, and things were still unexplained by the end of the book. Additionally, there was a lack of character background and development which made it hard to get invested. I hardly remembered who was who in the friend group, and the descriptions were SPARSE.

the weird ass “owl” Group by elitist white people, was never explained in depth, and we don’t know who started the group, or why. It was trying to copy something like the Illuminati but the author rushed the end, and left chunks of the story out. I like that Charity in the end gets resurrected by her girlfriend who was the only survivor, but there was still so much that could’ve been added and less stuff in the beginning.

Last thing to mention …I’m not a fan of a rushed ending, but at least this was a quick enough read. LOL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Body horror, and Gore

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Child death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Physical abuse