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Unwind by Neal Shusterman

35 reviews

thesunthesunthesunthesun's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, War, and Deportation

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

antimony's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

so readable and fast-paced like any good ya dystopian and wonderfully bereft of a love triangle (since it was published pre-hunger games) . and the concept is interesting and ripe with potential for horror. (

the chapter where roland was unwound. yeah

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but on the other hand. the worldbuilding is rather, well. nonsense. in what world is the compromise between pro- and anti-choice people to kill teenagers....i know it's kind of a grey area in the book of whether they die or not and their memories can pass on to the people who recieve their parts but like. they die. let's be real about it. from a pro-choice standpoint this solves nothing. and neither does storking. it's kind of obvious that this was a man's sci-fi dystopian idea of a compromise over reproductive rights because it doesn't really take into account a big part of abortions -- in our world if you can't take care of a baby you can still give it up for adoption. but if you don't want to be pregnant, you have an abortion. which is not an option in this world, so clearly anti-choice people won. (though like. if they're genuinely anti-choice because they believe life begins at conception rather than just for the sake of controlling women's bodies then they wouldn't agree with this as a solution either. because it's so obvious to the entire real world(me as opposed to the characters in this book) that unwinding is the same thing as dying. 
and the thing is that it is still good as a dystopian concept! it's just that the reason unwinding exists is dumb. why couldn't it be like for population control reasons? which is still horrible but like . as worldbuilding makes a lot more sense. 
i would have enjoyed this in 6th grade though. which is when i primarily wanted to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide and War

cozyscones's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Racism and Abortion

mpbookreviews's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual harassment

heathermarie08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. At times, it is heartbreaking and others it is hopeful and inspiring. Ending is satisfying! Well thought out and written. Will definitely read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

daphrose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Sexual harassment, and War

elliotjackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was impossible to put down, and the development of the characters and the world-building immediately draws you in. It’s the kind of book that forces you to think about the morals and ethics of the world that surrounds us. While some of the character development seemed unrealistic at times, this book does take place in a futuristic and dystopian society with challenges that we can’t understand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Classism

ferdie's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

Unwind was a slow read but I don't think it's meant to be. I just didn't get interested in it like I thought I would. The characters don't really suprise you except for one minor character, and everyone else seems to fit in a specific box. I liked it, but just barely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Torture and Sexual harassment

besotted's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail