Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

105 reviews

tanouska's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

5.0

I listened to this in one day while having a migraine. It was very good! I'll probably not remember a whole lot of it in a few weeks, but that just means I can reread it at a later date and not know every detail :P

It's a YA book, but doesn't feel all that YA, probably due to the serious setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

phosphenes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Cursing, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

teslis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Me and my friend have both had this book on our shelves for ages and now we read it together! 
It was a bit slow in the beginning and I didn’t get that far in it before putting it down. So I wasn’t super interested in the beginning. 
But, as I was reading I got so hooked, I read like 2/3 of the book in like 36 hours (including sleeping and working). I was stuck, but there were some parts that I didn’t enjoy that much or feel weird about.

Them finding the Fosters and Jamie thinking about how he is in love, them kissing when they’ve been captured by propel who don’t like queer people and also the end meh

But overall it was a nice read, I was not ready for the more intense and “scary” parts of it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

rubi_blue6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

I love the post-apocalyptic genre. I love the game Fallout, I read The girl with all the gifts when I was 18 and last year I read The book of Koli series (highly recomend)

Romance novels? Not usually for me. But what I think this book succeeded in was making it not about some elusive once in a lifetime love; the core romance felt authentic. And then there's the familal love, the friendships, love for media and the world that's left behind

The author didn't shy away from the ugliness that's inevitably left in the post-apocalyptic world. 

It reads like a video game, with the small side-quests, goals and moments of brief encounters or observations

I picked this up in a charity shop because I love the genre; I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking but I got an sad, lovely narrative that was tense and a little dark

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia and Child death

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.0

It’s a little disjointed, random, and upsetting. The apocalypse came, but instead of zombies, people just turn on each other and kill one another instead of trying to work together and live. I kind of hated the world of this book, and how miserable and hopeless it was.

The only part I actually had a good time with was the budding romance between Jamie and Andrew. Except for one thing. I know sexuality can be a fluid thing - but I really don’t enjoy books where a character is stated to be straight and then suddenly is doing some really homosexual stuff. I find it really uncomfy. I would have preferred it if Jaimie just admitted he was bi. 

The romance was sweet, though. 

Also - I’m so glad they helped Cara. A place like the Fort Caroline sounds like my actual nightmare, and I wanted them to go back and save all the women there, who were probably being used for broodmares and kept against their will. That plot was actually horrific.  I know they had to leave - but they should have told the other settlement at the end that there was a fucked up settlement to the north, and some of the things that were happening there. I’m glad Cara got out,  but I’m sure there were so many others in that place who regret coming to live there, just like she did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

anna_maria_wirth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Racism

micaelacccc's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

fiolud's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical content, Child death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Violence, Misogyny, and Hate crime

capriqueen's review against another edition

hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I really liked the characters, they made my heart all squeeze-y

The beginning of the book gave me a lot of anxiety, mostly because I kept imagining what I would do in their situation, and I wasn’t sure if I could actually read this. But the anxiety went away as soon as they got on the road (I think knowing, from the summary, that people come after them in the cabin had me on tenterhooks waiting for that to happen and I couldn’t relax)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit

h4wk1nz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i adore this book. perfect balance of romance and plot with a delicious slowburn.
what i would give to read it for the first time again <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Homophobia, Violence, Gun violence, and Death