Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

11 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Vomit, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

Suicide attempt warning is for mentions of a posthumous character having asked for assisted suicide.

ajpotz's review

fast-paced

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

4.25

Really easy and quick read that still had an impact on me. Kept me engaged and is a book i would recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, and Ableism

lemonix_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow! I will update this tomorrow

This was such a good book! I loved the main characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Cursing

Check trigger warnings first!

kassidyreads's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Ableism, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Panic attacks/disorders

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Suicide attempt, Classism, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicide, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Kidnapping, Bullying, Torture, Outing, Misogyny, Ableism, Vomit, Stalking, and Police brutality

kynthebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

hawkguyscoffee's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

A beautiful book that follows the story of 2 equally compelling characters and their journey through a desolated world. Honestly speaking, it was everything I expected and more. Finally finding a book with a post-apocalyptic setting that's actually gay and doesn't shy away from highlighting the issues and difficulties other minorities face and the corrupt systems that govern us is quite literally like finding a Dodo, and I'm so glad I found it. From the description of the characters' inner battles to 

the way the writer describes how little by little they learned to trust each other, how they fell in love with one another and how that love and the risk of losing it made them feel

, the book not once failed to inmerse you and make you feel the emotions they were feelings. I also really enjoyed the pop culture references and jokes, even if one or two felt a bit out of place (but also like, it's the apocalypse, who cares, I'd probably do the same). Overall a really great book that left me feeling both emotional and refreshed, would certainly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Ableism, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

cosmichorizon's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Violence, Terminal illness, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Ableism

leduyhxxng's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Going through All That's Left in the World feels like loving—everywhere, it radiates love. Not the intimate kind often ascribed to romance. (Friendships, other kinds of platonic connections, can go deep, too.) But the expansive feeling for humanity, for goodness. To hurt, but to give people the benefit of the doubt, regardless. Following the story feels like a love practice, to love, to hurt, but choose to love once again. Two reasons for the rating of four stars. The first quarter was not as captivating as the last three. (It could do with some added sense of suspense.) And the two main characters, in the beginning, weren't as clearly portrayed as when they started their post-apocalyptic adventure, and thus one of them, Andrew, seemed as if he had a sudden, out-of-pocket change. (I get it—character development. But it could do with a bit more characterisation.) Overall, I think the author was very deft at portraying dynamics between the characters, as well as building suspense (specifically towards the latter half of the novel). And we, certainly, need more post-apocalyptic queer stories like this.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Animal death