Reviews tagging 'Death'

Death Valley by Melissa Broder

19 reviews

aletajean's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.25

The first half seemed like there would be something more exciting than what was given. I didn’t enjoy listening to someone complain for hours about how hard it is for her for her loved ones to be in pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness

sarah_kula's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

laviederhi's review

funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

libby_l96's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

orlagal's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Sexual content

libraryoflanelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Warning: you will have “Sh-Boom” stuck in your head the whole time you’re reading this book. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…

If you’re looking for a deep but weird, engrossing, and quick read with perfectly short chapters (aka my favourite thing), look no further. Death Valley is the perfect book for you. Also, look at that cover, how could you not…  

This book was a fun balance between weird and reflective. There were so many great quotes that either made me giggle, pause to try to compute before giving up, or nod along in agreement.

Whilst I did expect a little more weirdness, I absolutely loved the writing style and am so excited to read more from Melissa.

This is yet another one that I went into not knowing a lot about, and I recommend the same to you. Stay safe though! Content warnings are in my StoryGraph review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, and Death

grunbean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

I mulled this over, and I think this is one almost deserving of a five star. It’s cerebral, and can take some time to digest in parts. But I couldn’t put it down for long at all.

It’s a very reflective, and funny, story. Although I was in suspense for most of her journey! I think the prose is beautiful. I’m not sure how to describe this book in a few words. It’s different, that’s for sure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Grief, Blood, and Death

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

elbauer002's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

Home girl has a strange vibe but it grew on me. 

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Content Warnings

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

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, and Car accident