Reviews tagging 'Death'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

152 reviews

emilyrebeccaehg's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

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A masterpiece. It was easy to keep turning pages to find out what would happen next. And easy to get swept up on the saga of every character. I appreciated the focus on the long-term fallout that happens after trauma while not focusing on the person who caused the trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

rzschultz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

kizzy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

jenreadthis's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Slow and dragging. This story spans >25 years and is not just simple mystery or coming of age. It show the intertwined nature of small town lives and secrets over decades, with very little explicit detail just a lot of broad strokes about key points. Tries to be tragic and show facets of choices and consequences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Pregnancy

araye's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

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It was just too dark. Not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

daylajane's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

faithhoffmanxo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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This was an incredible read! It’s very intense but worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

courtney_b's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm really not sure how I feel about this book. The author seems to want to keep the reader confused throughout the book. As time passes I found myself more and more invested in the characters only to be let down in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion

caitthebookworm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

emilycab5's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Abortion