Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

52 reviews

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Violence, War, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, Blood, Death, and Murder

maeverose's review

Before I get to the review, if you were unaware, Jay Kristoff is racist and antisemitic, so if you wanna read this or any of his other books maybe buy them used.

I’m sorry but I don’t understand how people like this book. If you do, that’s great but wow it was so annoying to me. It literally took me over a year to get halfway through before I decided I couldn’t do it anymore.

Every character except Kady acted the exact same. They all acted like 15 year old boys who made misogynistic jokes and took nothing seriously.

Even the AI talks like a teenager’s edgy poetry

They were in an extremely dangerous and terrifying situation, literally watching people die in brutal ways, and they were cracking jokes as if everything was fine. The romance was cringey and felt completely out of place and unnecessary in this story. I have no idea why Kady liked Ezra. I’m 100% convinced that the only part Amie Kaufman got to write was Kady’s character and her scenes. The entire tone of this book was so off, it’s primarily focused on the romance, but there’s all of this extremely messed up stuff going on in the background that seems to be pretty urgent and important, but nobody is focusing on it as much as they should? And they’re cracking stupid jokes at the same time? 

Omg and can we talk about Ezra literally calling women ‘fems’..? You cannot convince me a woman wrote that.

The one thing I did like was the epistolary format of it. This could’ve been such a cool story if it had been written by different authors, had no romance, and got rid of the out-of-place humor. (And was adult instead of YA..)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Child death, Stalking, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Grief

A pandemic, A virus that makes people homicidal

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Genocide, Death, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Confinement, Mental illness, Death of parent, Child death, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Colonisation, and Fire/Fire injury

taryn_g's review

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, War, Medical content, Death, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

birdy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Torture, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, War, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Child abuse

laurajones's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Terminal illness, Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child death, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

sydney2020's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Cursing

Minor: Medical content

breadworm's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, Medical content, and War

Minor: Car accident and Panic attacks/disorders

short_circuit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

"the universe owes you nothing, kady. it has already given you everything, after all. [...] the only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance."

god knows i love a morally grey AI with a fucked up code of ethics and a thing for the most badass human girl in outer space

"gaslight gatekeep girlboss" AIDAN
just plain girlboss kady
ezra honey i love u but your girlfriend is so so much cooler

(please heed the content warnings on this one, folks. whole lotta violence and death and shooting and whatnot. there's no tag for "illness", but the main part of the story involves people being infected with a virus that makes them go insane, so i tagged it with "terminal illness" to be safe.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Confinement, Body horror, Blood, and Terminal illness

lilopalu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I enjoyed the unusual format and the unique story. It is a good book, that I couldn't put down. So, I totally get, why a lot of people like it so much. That being said, it is not the book for me since I prefer slower stories with more breating room. I didn't have enough time to connect to the characters since sooo much is happening. And I could have done with a bit less gore. 
I am still debating, wether I want to pick up the second one. We will see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Gore