Reviews tagging 'Grief'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

24 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

sarah_m2006's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book. It was a nice easy read but became very tense and had lots of good plot twists I am usually good at guessing what is going to happen next but this book kept me on my toes 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal death

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism

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

dejarenee's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Murder, Torture, Blood, and Grief

arkwen452's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

You're not supposed to die tonight, dated me in the beginning of the book but as Charity is the main narrator of the story, her thoughts and back history, as well as the back history of her friends, all became repetitive and the actions of her friends and those who might be involved ended up spoiling the narrative for me.

 There were several instances where there was this buildup of the stereotypical, crazy woman rambling all things in the woods, and is perceived to be the scary entity in a story. There were the stereotypical of the lake that were ignored, and the disappearance of the other  Staff set on the team that was over look for basically a week. While charity is only 17 years old, she was basically the manager of the entire crew. 

They were points where she seemed like she was capable and in charge and then in the same sentence would express how she was scared, and shaken up.  it did not help to suspend my belief in charities character as being a regular old team, who was in love with her movies and being the "Final Girl" and then turning around to be scared in certain instances.

The whole thing with Kyle secret was clear on. And I didn't help that with charities perception of him in the narrative because it was like the author was trying to oversell , how he was feeling or acting. And it didn't make sense when they got back to the campsite that he was still there and a number of other things. I think that it had a good build up overall until the midpoint, and then things started to just fall altogether.  I was disappointed by the end to learn that it was all connected to some secret society, and although her girlfriend Bezi was not into the hard stuff and was very kindhearted, I did not really care for Charity and her relationship at all. No matter how much charity said her girlfriend was like her anchor, and that they were in so much love at that point .  There were plot holes that bugged me at the end too. Why was Ms. keen there at all if her husband owned the camp site? She was going to show up later anyway. No need to be there. What happened to Charity and Bezi's friend? And why did they leave the camera behind? That was a good thing to use as evidence

Overall, the book is riddled with stereotypes from scary movies; down the line about unwanted kids going missing while away at camp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

erikagibson126's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Grief, Child death, Gore, Murder, and Confinement

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Gore, and Gun violence