Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

34 reviews

danielle_lepp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

lkristin2018's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

A dark fantasy, reminiscent of Hunger Games, but with magic.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness and Sexual content

squidney36's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely gutted me
So much sorrow I couldn’t even cry
Plot twist after plot twist
Competition vibes strong
Combo of Throne of Glass and Hunger Games

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, and Alcohol

awxhhlilla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.75

I ate this up!! If you like The Hunger Games + Divergent + The Selection, you’ll like this a lot. I really liked the premise with the Elites and the Ordinaries, as well as the different powers you see used by Elites throughout the book. The only reason this isn’t a 5 star is because the book felt a bit long (17.5 hr listen for a first book in a YA trilogy is a bit much). I am so excited to read the next book asap!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Medical content, and Kidnapping

graceev's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Physical abuse

lizzysk555's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol and Pandemic/Epidemic

anavidreader_18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

I will say this took me a while to get through. The first half of the book was slow going at first and it took me a while to really get invested in things, especially because this book was just over 500 pages long. But once it got going – oh man. Very intense and kept me guessing and at the edge of my seat the entire time. Would absolutely recommend. 

So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a crying break before picking up the novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

margaretwaltemath09's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

THE CLIFFHANGER WHAT??!?!?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Hate crime, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol