Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

54 reviews

teslis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

Me and my friend have both had this book on our shelves for ages and now we read it together! 
It was a bit slow in the beginning and I didn’t get that far in it before putting it down. So I wasn’t super interested in the beginning. 
But, as I was reading I got so hooked, I read like 2/3 of the book in like 36 hours (including sleeping and working). I was stuck, but there were some parts that I didn’t enjoy that much or feel weird about.

Them finding the Fosters and Jamie thinking about how he is in love, them kissing when they’ve been captured by propel who don’t like queer people and also the end meh

But overall it was a nice read, I was not ready for the more intense and “scary” parts of it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

rubi_blue6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense 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

4.25

I love the post-apocalyptic genre. I love the game Fallout, I read The girl with all the gifts when I was 18 and last year I read The book of Koli series (highly recomend)

Romance novels? Not usually for me. But what I think this book succeeded in was making it not about some elusive once in a lifetime love; the core romance felt authentic. And then there's the familal love, the friendships, love for media and the world that's left behind

The author didn't shy away from the ugliness that's inevitably left in the post-apocalyptic world. 

It reads like a video game, with the small side-quests, goals and moments of brief encounters or observations

I picked this up in a charity shop because I love the genre; I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking but I got an sad, lovely narrative that was tense and a little dark

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Homophobia

paintpaw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-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

3.75

Almost quit couple of chapters in because the constant references to Tom Holland and Avengers Endgame were so annoying to me, but it got better as things went on and I found myself getting sucked into the story. There are some genuinely tense moments in this but they're short-lived, normally getting resolved on the first page of the next chapter, but it's a short book so that's fine.  I like

Cara

a lot and her addition at the end of the book was nice. Some of the medical inaccuracies kind of bothered me but it's more of a me problem. I do admire what the author set out to do and know plenty of people who'd love this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Homophobia

fiolud's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

skyegbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

Although the chapters alternate between Andrew and Jamie I often could not decipher who was who as they are similar in many ways. The start of the book was a bit slow but it picked up as it went on and overall I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Violence

viivacious's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

This book was very hard to put down. I was a bit concerned when I saw the first person dual povs but the characters were pretty distinct from each other from the start. They were also likeable. I loved seeing all the different kinds of people that they met on the road, and the ending almost made me cry.

When they found Henri's daughter still alive 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

When I finished this book, on the spot, nothing bad came to mind to point out! 

🌈 Dystopian books scare my anxiety. I like that they're meant to cause discussion and discomfort, but I want to read to escape my anxiety...
Given that this is a book about a post-apocalyptic world that went through a super-flu after COVID and lost like 90% of the population, I was still iffy about it. It didn't bring out bad memories from the Pandemic for me, but there are topics about grief over family members, so be careful.
(Note: it was written before the coronavirus and the author had to make little changes before publishing)

🌈 Our main characters are: Andrew, a sassy gay teen, who stumbles with his injured leg on Jamison/Jamie's cabin. Jamie, a gentle and lonely teen, ends up saving his life and leg thanks to the medical diary his mother left him.
While Andrew recovers on Jamie's couch for a few weeks, the boys grow closer and their existences become irreplaceable for each other.
For some reason, they leave the cabin (as the map shows at the beginning of the book) and their friendship is put to the test many times. Finding food, and shelter, greeting or avoiding survivors, secret agendas and questions of the heart will be some of the things floating in their minds.

🌈 Their growing friendship and bond are great and compensate for the slow burn in their romance. I value every moment they thought about how they saw each other and how they felt, especially Jamie discovering himself.

🌈 This is mostly a book about two boys surviving together. They are broken by their own experiences and are put to the test by the harsh environment and people.

🌈 While reading this book there were many times I forgot I was reading. The vibes are perfect for autumn, despite being a late spring/early summer book. I like the author's writing a lot and I will recommend this book always.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐+💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

pkc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

A queer take on a post apocalyptic narrative. I was so enamoured by this book. The characters were beautifully formed, the romance was a tantalising slow burn and so achingly tender. Enough plot to keep me engaged too! I just wish there had been some more resolution to threads that appeared early on. I thought as well that it was particularly intriguing that this was a pandemic story that referenced Covid but didn’t rely too heavily on it. It framed Covid in a more hopefully light merely by including it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

avacadosocks's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Vomit

bookmark3brodi's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic