Reviews tagging 'Death'

The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

5 reviews

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Alcohol, and Colonisation

muchthatisfair's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The book grew on me as it went on (I wasn't hooked right off the bat) but it was a moving read. I wouldn't say that it landed for me in the way I think it was intended to, but it was still poignant in a way that fully came to bear for me by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

maeverose's review

Dnfed a third of the way through.
I wasn’t hating it but I was bored and could tell I wasn’t gonna like it by the end.

Some things that bothered me:
                 (Mild spoilers)
- Myrra as a character. She manipulated a guy who was in love with her purely for her own gain, even leaving the baby in an alley to go have sex with him.
- The writing feels too YA. I’m confused about how old Jake and Sem were, as Jake was treated like a 14 year old by his dad and Sem acted like a moody teen and was described as having ‘nervous adolescent energy’. Creepy when you know Myrra is 25…
- It’s overwritten imo. If you like the characters you might not mind it going off on tangents or flashbacks about their past, but I found it boring. It also felt a bit repetitive with Myrra’s intrusive thoughts, but then again as someone who often has intrusive thoughts that is just kind of what they’re like. Annoying to read though.
- Tobias immediately defending and siding with Myrra on very little basis. And his quick developing feelings for her, again for no real reason.
- The science isn’t well explained and I’m pretty sure there’s no way a ship like this could exist or work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

The main character has a lot of intrusive thoughts about death and body horror. In one scene she cuts a hand off a corpse. She also manipulated someone she was in a relationship with.

kimbekaw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

samara's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy