Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

21 reviews

bethy_joy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

alexlynx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So...what am I supposed to do with my life now? What am I supposed to do until July huh? This book was beautifully heartbreaking. Like what the hell. I loved every second of the relationships in this book. I am in awe of how I could not stop gasping at the pages. I am so excited for and terrified of the continuation. This was amazing. But ow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

weapon_of_your_chosen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

Paedyn&Malakai

"Survival. I expect to survive this."

"If you die, I'mgoing to kill you."

"She said i could touch her when I'm sober."

There is a rock in my shoe.

"This is not  a goodbye...only a good way to say bye until i see you next."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

michellebub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It definitely is slow burn, has no sexual content. Which is good don’t get me wrong, it’s YA, but it could have been closed door. The slowest burn that has ever burned, I might die from these burn scars because I can’t get enough from it. If you think this book is enemies to lovers then you’re going to be disappointed. It might be rivals to lovers but if I’m going to be serious can it be considered that if they’re attracted to eachother from the start? I still enjoyed the tension between the two and the banter was exquisite. I still think about them. 
It is dual POV tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide and Alcohol

luchikreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Torture, Police brutality, and War

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lottie1803's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense

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

2.0

basically hunger games x ember in the ashes x maze runner. 

definitely written for TikTok. the world was interesting but made little sense and there were too many powers and things going on. peak YA tropes, including major info dumping. the prose was actually quite readable though, but declined in the second half. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sebradley29's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kmk1327's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

Slow start but the last few hundred pages feel like a sprint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Torture, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Pandemic/Epidemic