Reviews tagging 'Child death'

These Deadly Games by Diana Urban

22 reviews

pyretic's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Child death, and Alcohol

julierambaeck'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Fast paced, fun but also very young.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Death, Child death, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Medical trauma and Death of parent

danie_faye's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child death

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed this! I was flipping between who the main culprit behind Anonymous1 was, and I was right on one of my guesses. It kept me engaged and wanting to know what would happen next. I will def check out more from this author (I think this is the second book the author has published so I will be checking out their first one). The ending was satisfying enough for me.
I read this while also listening to the audiobook and the narrator, Kate Rudd, was fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Blood, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

ashylibrarian's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.5

I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer meets Unfriended in a game-based horror novel of cheats, lies, and deception. 

This book did not always feel 100% realistic, but it was a wild journey, and I did have fun (most of the time) while reading it. 

There were plenty of times that I was super annoyed with Crystal (the MC) becuase she was being so completely reckless and not picking up on what An0nym0us1 was getting her to do. But Diana Urban did a stellar job creating scenes that kept me coming back and wanting to find out what happens next. 

I will likely recommend this title in the future, though it may not be my first grab. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Death, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Racism, Eating disorder, and Car accident

bookishrn93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

“There was a monster in each of us. The question was whether you managed to stifle it”. 

Oh. My. God. This book was if Jigsaw ever decided to play with teenagers. It was so messed up. I didn’t figure out the plot until about 30 seconds before it was revealed. Diana Urban is a new auto buy for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Violence

myfictionalworld's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Alcoholism

Please look up any trigger warnings for this book. This can be very dark to the YA audience.

gssll_lpz's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Minor: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

disneygirl08's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Child death

Minor: Eating disorder