Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

21 reviews

lizamwhelan's review

challenging medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

cseguiharris's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I’ll think about this book for awhile. I was still hopeful and guessing through the very last sentence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Self harm, Classism, Gaslighting, Suicide, Body shaming, and Racism

Minor: Eating disorder, Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mraddd's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Classism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Self harm

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Classism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Murder, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Rape

Minor: Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Homophobia

jennabeck13's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai 

⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5)

Genre: Mystery

About 435 pages

Bodie Kane had a tough time in high school. She never quite fit in at Granby, a somewhat snooty boarding school in New Hampshire, but yet over a decade later she finds herself back at the school teaching two mini-courses. Not only did Bodie have a tough time throughout her four years but she had to deal with the murder of her former roommate, Thalia, during their senior year. Being back at Granby has forced Thalia’s death to the front of her mind. Bodie can’t help but feel that the case was not investigated properly and that Thalia hasn’t received the justice she deserves. When a student of Bodie’s decides to cover the case for their podcast, Bodie can’t help but dive back into the rabbit hole herself. During the mini-semester, Bodie discovers she knew more than she realized about Thalia’s death.

I enjoyed this book and there was nothing I explicitly didn’t like. However, it felt like something was missing? If I was to try to point to something, I would argue that the pacing was off/too slow. I found the story interesting and I enjoyed Bodie as a narrator. I also liked how Makkai tackled some of the topics we have grown to find important in criminal cases such as racial profiling, grooming, privilege, etc., and the impact true crime shows/podcasts now have on investigations

Favorite Quote: “For a teenager, being seen a certain way is as good as being that way—and soon your vision became part of my self-image.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Cultural appropriation, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

michmoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Rape, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Self harm

lindsayerin's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Racism, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Stalking, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Eating disorder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Blood

alisonvh's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This book is so good! It’s a great murder mystery, but it’s also so much more than that. It faces head-on the issue of girls and women hurt and murdered by men and how hard it is for them to get the protection they need when they’re alive or the justice they deserve when they’re dead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Car accident

alaina's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

A literary take on the true crime/thriller genre. Great scene setting. Believable whodunnit. Masterful integration of real events (me too, pandemic, politics)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Bullying, Murder, Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder and Racism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Terminal illness

kimveach's review

dark informative mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This book grabbed my attention from the start and held it through to the end.  I loved the story of a podcaster looking into her own school history of a murder of a classmate.  With her students attempting a podcast similar to Serial, she examines not only the original murder but also society as a whole in this Me Too age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Self harm, Drug use, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Cancer, and Domestic abuse