Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

20 reviews

rissaandherbooks's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

An incredible continuation of my favorite series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol

bookishkia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

(Ignore any and all grammatical and/or spelling errors. Please and thank you.) 


    BEEF. WE HAVE BEEF. She can’t keep getting away with this. She ends her books on cliffhangers and then partially answers those previously unknown answers only to leave you with more than you came!!! That may be confusing but it’s almost 4 am and I am FED UP. When I read this next book I expect no stone unturned. If my rating was based off purely satisfaction of the ending this book would get TWO FREAKING STARS. 

    But bc I wasn’t automatically bored in the beginning (like the first book) and I could actually keep up with most of the characters (unlike the first book) and the fact that I simply like the plot and where it was going. BEFORE the ending. 

    What happened with David? Why is he paying people to beat him up?? Was he the could Fenton called out to?? What happened to Alice, I know she’s dead she has to be but how did she die?? 

    To make this confusingly long story short, I am, once again, upset with the ending but satisfied with how MOST things played out. Would make it three starts even TWO but I do have to admit this was a page turner. I was hooked. Obsessed. I just had to know. I felt like someone had put my brain, or maybe my consciousness, in Stevie’s body and I saw everything form her eyes. Every decision she made I could find reason for it. 

    I could connect with her characters on most things and actually see then as humans who make mistakes. And for that? 4 stars, overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mcc004's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

akirokis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mariposa517's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Starts off slow, but things pick up about a third of the way in.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

bellaguiliano's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

readerette's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I still find myself conflicted about David. He does not bring out good things in Stevie, and he does not make many good choices, even considering he's a teenager. 

I'm having trouble following what's actually remaining to solve the case now, with the flashbacks and Stevie's doubts and the drama with some of the people she knows. I'll read the third book, but this whole story probably should have been a duology if not a standalone novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This instalment was just as spooky and atmospheric as the first book; I was completely hooked and read it in a day. Also, I liked that Stevie was actually investigating this time around. However, this series didn’t need to be three books. The plot and mystery are spread pretty thin, especially the romance with David, where the conflict just feels contrived. I also predicted who Truly Devious was early on in the first book. A predictable solution to a mystery doesn’t necessarily mean docked stars, but it does if the solution feels meh or unsatisfying, which is sort of the case here. I really hope things pick up in the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Illness, bombs, discussion of global warming, HP reference, divorce

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

this second book was so much better than the first i’m so glad i continued with it. and the ending!!!! the twists!!!! highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

booksandbabble's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury