Reviews tagging 'War'

LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff

3 reviews

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

There are very few things in this world that are as reliable as Jay Kristoff's ability to write a plot twist. Knowing that, there is no reason that I should've audibly gasped, not once, not twice, but numerous times throughout this book.

Lifel1k3 follows Eve through the future dystopian country of Yousay, as she tries to rescue her grandpa and get answers to questions she never even knew to ask.

Along for the ride we have Lemon, Eve's lovable and snarky best friend; Cricket, a logika designed to keep Eve out of trouble; Kaiser, Eve's blitzhund (part Rottweiler, part robot, 100% deadly); and Ezekiel, who the rest of the gang aren't sure if they can trust. 

Like I said, Lifel1k3 was filled with more twists and turns than I could keep track of, so even when I thought there couldn't possibly be more... Surprise! There was.

After Lifel1ke's dramatic end, I'm very excited to see where Dev1at3 takes Eve and the rest of the gang!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Grief, Slavery, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

This took me a while to read but it was going well up until the ending.

I know her whole world turned upside down but working with Gabriel? Becoming evil? Way too out of character.

This could have been a 5 star book, but the weird and overly complicated slang plus what I already mentioned kept it from greatness in my opinion. I don’t think I’ll be continuing this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, and Body horror

Minor: Confinement, War, and Cancer

sundayray's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, and Gore

Moderate: War, Suicide, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Grief