Reviews tagging 'Death'

Különlegesek by Scott Westerfeld

19 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Self harm

Moderate: War, Medical content, Death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

enaminella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Grief

beltari's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I felt like nothing happened.

It was the second book all over, but Tally is now special instead of pretty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Body shaming, Police brutality, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Violence, Child death, Drug use, and War

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Kidnapping

lexusluther's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Tally is so so so dramatic… and totally reminds me of myself when i was a teenager. Zane was my favorite character through all the series :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Ableism, and Self harm

rflavin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, and Death

smellymiche's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Self harm

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, War, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Yet another dose of topical anesthetic to my aching brain, Specials was rife with action and drama, much of which was deliciously forgettable. Tally Youngblood is now a Special, which means that Young Adult's favorite narrator took an angry left onto the Dark Side. I'll allow that her character arc did hold my interest throughout the book. Westerfeld's decision to change the primary setting and narrator tone with each installment of the Uglies series is almost bold. But overall, it is difficult to maintain a connection to the main character when the supporting characters are constantly shifting.

Shay and David both, for example, seemed to hardly appear in the second book, while Zane was absent from this one while Shay took center stage and David swept in at the very end.

Adapting to a change in tone and setting is far more difficult without consistent characters. This was my second greatest gripe about the book, and it resulted in a lack of capacity to empathize with

Zane's death

. My greatest gripe?

The author's weird insistence on using self-mutilation and disordered eating as tools to get "bubbly" or "icy" or whatever the fuck.

Anyways. Extras, let's see what you've got. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Death, and Violence

Minor: Racism and Eating disorder

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Violence, Self harm, Ableism, Medical content, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Terminal illness, War, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Addiction

Minor: Alcohol

cow_inthe_closet's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

delvainy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-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

4.0

I’m rereading all the books I own, and this one was the hardest for me to read out of this series so far. I know that it was important to the plot that her brain was wired to see herself as better than everyone else, but it was still slightly difficult to get through because of that. However, it was an interesting story, and I did still generally enjoy reading it. I’m going to keep this book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Self harm, and Ableism