Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

4 reviews

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

I can’t praise this book enough. 

The stories of Frida, Kirby, Lucas, Flip, Wanda, Phylis, and Bird Dog will fill you with love and hope then rip your heart apart; both beautifully and tragically. 

I openly wept while listening to this audiobook not only because of the story and the characters, but also because of its not-so-fictional plot and not-so-distant-future setting. This book is about how a select few struggled to survive its rapid changes while so many others couldn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Dementia

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

silodear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

3.0

This book really took me on an unexpected journey. The first third of the book wasn’t compelling to me. It felt like a mass market paperback drama with all the usual tropes. But for the final third of this novel I could not set the book down. I was so drawn into the post apocalyptic world and very compelled by the storyline. I read the final 100+ pages in one sitting, past 10:30pm on a work night! That’s about as compelling as it gets around here. 

That being said, there are elements of what feels like indigenous cultural appropriation throughout this novel that felt off-putting. Also, this book is so white. It felt jarring. There were several really weird narrative choices that felt impossible and confusing. I guess just many moments of the author trying to “write the other” that felt forced and wrong. 

This author writes nature so well. There was something extremely beautiful about the post apocalyptic landscape. Nature was its own character in the book - and honestly maybe the most well-developed character written here. 

I’m sure I have more to say but I am so tired from frenetic page turning. Maybe read it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Vomit

michaelion's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The better the book, the less I have to say about it. Wow. I would highly recommend this and honestly I'll probably even buy it but oh my god I don't think I could read this again. I'll need a couple years. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Dementia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Stalking

laura_berger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Vomit, and Child death