Reviews tagging 'Death'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

126 reviews

chasen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Terminal illness, War, Dementia, Death, Addiction, Gore, Drug abuse, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, and Gun violence

chaoticsentience's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Child death

lavinia_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Death, Child death, Car accident, Torture, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

chris027's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Child death

yaslanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, and Dementia

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

j9theshort's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

ababytapir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book got me excited about reading again. It was part sci-fi thriller, part mad-time travel paradoxical brain-fuck, part horror, part romance, part philosophical musing on the human condition, and I loved EVERY second of it. It's a book I couldn't put down. A book I immediately recommended to everyone I know who loves sci fi and thrillers. It's one of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. I literally only took off a quarter star because it's a little too nice to police, and the romance was a touch too heterosexual for my tastes, but that's just based on my own personal politics. It's a book I'm immensely glad I read. I spent the days after reading it just going "wow. What? Wow." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, War, Violence, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Child death, Grief, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, and Gore

This is a very violent book and there's some pretty graphic descriptions of mass violent acts like being right inside a nuclear war and terrorist attack. The book opens on a suicide and the story is often driven by the main character's deaths and suicides.

leegray's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Terminal illness, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

andrearahman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

Incredible. Wondrous. Tense. Horrific. Brain-melting. Impossible to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Gore, Body horror, Suicide, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Grief, and Death

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective medium-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

4.25

I enjoyed it. 

It has an interesting twist on time travel and the love story is lovely, even if it's also tragic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Violence, War, Death, Dementia, Alcohol, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Alcoholism, and Medical content