Reviews tagging 'Child death'

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

21 reviews

unavaleriaconpecas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book breaks my heart in such a beautiful way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child death

lawmixitup's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Child death, Genocide, and Blood

Animal death is hunting related. Genocide and gore are robot vs human

gemmapz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

TJ Klune continues to handle the vicissitudes of human existence in creative, magical, and complex ways. I loved it. This book is even more beautiful and tightly woven then his previous two hits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Genocide

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Confinement, Blood, Abandonment, Xenophobia, War, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Excrement, Sexual content, Dementia, and Animal death

Proceed with caution if you have experience with loved ones with dementia. This book also has a “sociopathic” character and I personally think handles cluster B disorders insensitively.

therainbowshelf's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I rather enjoyed this ridiculous book. It's a fun, imaginative sci-fi that rifs on Pinocchio as we follow a human and his robot found-family on a quest to rescue his father and uncover hard truths about their world along the way. I also always enjoy finding ace mcs and neurodiverse mcs. Highly recommend giving the audiobook a listen as well. The narrator does an excellent job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Genocide, Death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Family member with memory loss

chaos_and_chapters's review

lighthearted relaxing sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Panic attacks/disorders

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Child death

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Animal death and Child death

traa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Drug use, and Sexual content

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Classism