Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

117 reviews

tyazer's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A bit slow at the start. However the final chapters are very good,

fast paced and tense. I'm a fan of reality manipulation too and was pleased to see that hapenning in full gear.

Pretty disapointed at how the main villain was handled and how the final conflict resolved itself. Helena spending 100+ years trying to resolve the memory problem only for us to be revealed that she wasted her time when they could have just grabbed the bad guy from the beginning

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Dementia and Death

For fans of time travel and reality changing. Is pretty similar to the anime Steins;Gate

chloebaboey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Drug use

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Grief, Violence, Genocide, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, War, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

libby_herz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Car accident, Child death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Alcohol, and Death

casualk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

sambolin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Recursion is such an interesting premise- when armed with technology that challenges and changes the very fabric of society, how do we as humans react and how far are we willing to go to prevent the mistakes we’ve made. While this technology might never be a reality, it’s a great allegory of our current landscape and how we need to balance advancement and prevention. The characters are engaging and keep you turning pages. It is heavy book- with both themes and the writing. Some passages took a couple rereads to take in the full effect. Overall a super interesting book that challenges the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, War, Grief, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Gun violence

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual content

jj_tj's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Car accident

pupwagon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

A fast ride until the end, though it leaves a little to be desired. Overall Crouch delivers once again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Suicide

menziesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Sets the bar for upping the ante. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts