Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike

12 reviews

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

redheadsuperpowers's review

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

This is another childhood re-read. I was obsessed with this author's books in middle school. This particular one is one of the saddest books he wrote. I love the group dynamic between the characters, and particularly like Anya. The stories they tell each other in the club are beautiful, and terrible. The overarching theme of death is felt in every word. Considering this is a hospice facility for teens, this is not a surprise. (Its not a spoiler, it tells you on the back of the book!) The quiet love between Ilona and Kevin is sweet, and even now as an adult, I can appreciate the instinct to love as much and deeply as possible because we never know what tomorrow brings. The moments of hope that the main narrator Ilona has, coupled with the stark reality of her situation keeps you reading til the last page. I cried a few times reading this. As a young reader, I dont think it made me cry, but at 12, you feel like 18 is so far away. Now at 37, I know how young these characters are, and its so, so sad. I did not like how violent one characters stories are, but its got a narrative reason, so it gets a pass from me. 

I recommend this book if you enjoy tense, tightly knit narratives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

savreads28's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

zoeebone's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Murder

froggybooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

myfairphantom's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

marianabelher's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.25

This book was not at all what I expected to be. It is not a spooky or mysterious story, as the synopsis paints it out to be. Instead, it is a reflection on life and death, told through beautiful, thought provoking tales. Even though it wasn’t the fun ghost story I was expecting, I thoroughly enjoyed this read, and will probably be thinking about it for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Cancer

cpersin's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

ojr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

picked up the book thinking it was a ghost/supernatural story. Not at all but it is beautiful, heartbreaking.
A beautiful yet sad story about hope, love and friendship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent

mylifeasjessskincare's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail