Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike

3 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

brooketreads's review

sad medium-paced

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

1.0

I read this because I was interested in watching the Netflix series. (Which I may not even watch now)

I didn’t really care for the point of view this was written in. I believe it was third person omniscient, but we mainly only followed one character. I didn’t feel like we got to know the characters beyond being terminally I’ll. I didn’t care for the made up stories. I found them too long and boring. I also read a couple reviews were they said this writing was mature for the age group it’s written for. I disagree, using cuss words and mentioning sex doesn’t equal mature writing. It’s just makes the content mature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

There’s no sex on page, but several mentions of sex.

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

The religious theme of the text may be a bit off-putting to some readers, but there is still a beautiful message about unconditional love and community. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Violence, and Outing

There is implications of the Christian heaven & hell, and the concept of reincarnation. Plus most of the gore and violence comes from the stories the teens tell one another.