Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

52 reviews

leaf_arrow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

please read trigger warnings before starting this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, War, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, and Blood

sleepythingie's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

mengzhenreads's review

adventurous 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? No

5.0

This is easily one of the most unique books I've ever read. The formatting and writing style makes this book consistently entertaining and mysterious and despite the slightly untraditional formatting, the plot and characters still feel wonderfully fleshed out. The romance was very cheesy, but it was a nice change from the rest of the book which was quite dark and heavy for the most part. Although none of the plot twists really blew my mind, it was still incredibly entertaining and this book is just absolutely thrilling in terms of action, explosions, and zombies. Overall this is just a thrilling, heart-wrenching space opera that I would recommend to anyone who likes seeing things explode in space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, Genocide, and Confinement

bethfowler's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

jessywithawhy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Genocide

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

annuich's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and War

delvie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It's the book I wish I could write. My least favorite parts heavily featured AIDEN, which unfortunately was a significant chunk of the third act, hence the half star knock-off. This audiobook is an art piece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Vomit

anticapitalist_2000's review

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

aydrianr03's review

adventurous emotional 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

Personally found this book to be one of my new time favorites. I read the whole thing in 2 days! There’s amazing plot twists, character development, and a ton of other amazing things. Will most likely read this book again due to how good I found it to be:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Genocide, Murder, and Violence

sapphire_is_reading's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Child death