Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

110 reviews

genorgana's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

purplatypus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, and Gun violence

bookishvampire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing! Even if you don't like Sci-Fi, I would recommend this story to anyone! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

frankieclc's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death

mbelle97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

WOW what a fantastic book!! I'm glad I went in knowing nothing about it. The main theme of

time travel

totally snuck up on me and gradually revealed itself in such a fun way. It was a perfect mystery; some things I was able to figure out and felt very rewarded about being right, and other things caught me totally by surprise. A must read for sci fi enjoyers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness and War

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

caebrown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation

theebster's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Excellent all around. As always, the interconnectedness of the characters was delightful to uncover. The settings were also fantastic, I really enjoyed envisioning the moon colonies and how they changed over time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and War

pacifickat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

*review pending*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness and Alcohol

Child neglect, memory problems, hallucinations, difficulty discerning reality

maeverose's review against another edition

4.0

This took a long time - about half the book - to grow on me. Up to that point it was very ‘meh’. But then once the stronger sci-fi elements came in I didn’t want to put it down, and the first half became more interesting in hindsight.

I don’t want to say too much, I think it’s better to go into it not knowing much. If you like sci fi stories that involve a mystery but mainly focus on characters, their relationships, and mundane aspects of people’s lives, I would recommend. I found the writing style very easy to read as well, not confusing or difficult as sci-fi books can be for me sometimes, especially with my adhd brain.

The main content warning I would give for this, in the least spoilery way possible: it involves questioning reality. I didn’t personally feel like it was done in a triggering way. It doesn’t dwell on it too much. But if that’s an especially triggering topic for you then that’s something to keep in mind. The spoiler version:

It’s a ‘life is a simulation’ situation. It’s never fully confirmed in the book that this is the case, but it’s strongly suggested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Drug use

Ptsd flashback involving dismembered bodies - not described in graphic detail. Questioning of reality:

’life is a simulation’ theory