Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Gemina by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

7 reviews

eloise__'s review against another edition

4.0

Ella and Mr Biggles II are so great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

These books somehow manage to be innovative in an area that is thousands of years old. The Illuminae series is groundbreaking, funny, emotional, dark, imaginative, and incredibly well made. My only issue in reading this book was the transcription sections. I fully understand and see the value of their inclusion (and I adore how they’ve managed to make a lovable character just from the way the transcriber describes the videos), but it threw off the rapid pace that I had grown accustomed to from the chat logs and AIDAN. Other than that, this was absolutely incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Drug abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and War

Minor: Grief and Medical content

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, and Genocide

linus_rieper's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Tore through the book. I loved the first one, though it set an impossible standard to follow. This is still a great book. The action is intense, the stakes are high and it's overall a very immersive experience to read.

I saw a lot more of the twists coming this time, but that can also be satisfying. And overall it was a fascinating read, I feel like I learned something new.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Drug use

birdy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Gore, War, Vomit, Cursing, Suicide, Self harm, Medical content, and Mass/school shootings

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, and Torture

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

2nd read:
May 2021 - 5 stars

I'm scratching my head, wondering why I gave this 4 stars the first time around? This was incredible!

I am still completely in love with the mixed-media formatting of this series: it kept me engaged, and intrigued with the turn of every page. Although I enjoyed Kady and Ezra more in Illuminae, Hanna and Nik were still very fun to read from (and their tension? *chef's kiss*) Ella was a great character as well, as were our villains Falk and Rapier! I can't wait to see how this series ends!

1st read:
January 2018 - 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

death of a pet, mention of mutilation of a corpse