Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

6 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Trigger warning: murder of a dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lonelylooper's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Animal death, Medical content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Mental illness

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

OH MY GOD. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING. ugh i loved this book but the ending left me disappointed tbh... otherwise really interesting worldbuilding and narrative!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

filipa_maia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

It took me over two years to finish this book.. and no, it not because I'm a slow reader. I hate to 'DNF' books. I can't do it because my brain needs closure: finish a book, write a review and put the book away.

The story is not bad: a world where love is a disease and there is a medical procedure to cure it. People who fall in love are sick. Easy as that. Now, there is a bunch of plot holes to this narrative - if the medical procedure cures you from love, we are talking about ALL THE LOVE romantic and non-romantic. Right? Am i missing something here? Maybe there is something here that I'm not getting. And then this book is unnecessarily big. It could be way shorter, and way more interesting, if we didn't spend so much time reading, with immense detail, every single thought she has. That's why I had to put it down the first time - I was so bored.

Of course that me, being me, I need to read the second book because this one ends in a cliffhanger. I just need to know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Torture, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Police brutality

lucys_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical trauma, War, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Grief

chaya77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was a little boring at times but if you push through the ending is worth it, but it depends on the person.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Violence