Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

4 reviews

imds's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

xosirenox's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Police brutality, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, and Emotional abuse

londonsetterby's review against another edition

The world building of the planet is very interesting, but the city falls flat--It's supposed to be a dystopian police state, I think, but the actual problems in the city aren't explored. It ends up feeling like the police disappear people for refusing to go to bed when they're supposed to, which sort of makes me laugh. More than that though, I just couldn't tolerate the passive, unlikeable, one-dimensional characters anymore. The main character Sophie was just the worst, and Mouth was only interested in her MacGuffin. DNF @ 20%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Vomit, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts