Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

43 reviews

shadowspinner's review against another edition

dark 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: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Torture

Minor: Bullying and Child death

weirdassfanta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Such a good book. I picked it up in hopes of something like Cemetery Boys, and this is exactly that. While nothing will ever beat Cemetery Boys in my eyes, this is definitely up there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

cass_lit's review against another edition

5.0

It’s not often that I turn from the last page of a book to find myself shocked and devastated that it’s over. Thank god I already knew there was a sequel coming, because I don’t know that my heart could take just being done with Charlie. And Sam. And Heather. And Ollie. And Leonie. And Mitch. And Audrey 🥲

What a debut. Not only were the characters fleshed out completely and had growth (and so easy to root for, as evidenced above), but the plot was SO intricate. The science was there, the mystery was there, the sweet romantic undertones were there, the twists were there. It’s a YA, but there was still a lot of dark themes and some heavy grief — understandable, when ghosts play such a role. Also loved the disability and queer representation. 

This was practically perfect, in my opinion. I couldn’t recommend it more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Suicide, War, Death of parent, and Vomit

nanc_282's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Very enjoyable fast paced YA ghost story set in York. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, and Death of parent

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-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

3.5

This was a fairly well-done YA fantasy with well-done LGBTQIA+ characters (gay, trans, bisexual, unlabeled), but its magic system was incredibly confusing and hard to follow at times. This made the actual plot hard to follow. 

Talbot's characters were interesting and complicated characters who felt well-developed, and as a disabled reader, I thought the disability rep was good with a character who dealt with his limitations and succeeded but wasn't magically fixed and didn't just "get over it" like some disabled book characters tend to do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

slinkmalink's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

Loved the descriptions of York and all its ghosts and the romance was cute if a little cliche. There were parts I wasn't necessarily convinced by the magic system but overall I thought it worked and was a p fun read
Also always nice to have disabled representation where u can see how the disability actually affects someone's life without it being a major focus of their character or the plot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Descriptions of suicide. Death. Violence.

Main character is a double amputee, secondary character is trans.

I really unique idea, I've never read anything like this before. Lots of action but I did want more of the quiet moments in between.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Death

sammymilfort's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Suicide, Gore, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Medical trauma

kimduindam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book! I kinda hope (and think) there will be more cause I have so many questions! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

ethen_rey's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia