Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

5 reviews

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, and Car accident

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Trigger warning: murder of a dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

OH MY GOD. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING. ugh i loved this book but the ending left me disappointed tbh... otherwise really interesting worldbuilding and narrative!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

molly_is_a_beast's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

2.0

I found the plot to be obvious and predictable and the love interest was unlikable. It felt almost like he had no life other than her.

I also found that it was silly for the first boy she ever meets that’s not part of her family is what we now have to call “the love of her life.” I felt very distrusting of Alex until he left himself die for her which was odd considering this is only the first book of three and if he’s going to die I would at least hope that they would discover that he was actually planning something sinister or wasn’t all that he seemed otherwise he’s just dead?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Blood

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Didn’t love it. DNFed about 2/3 of the way through because it was just so slow paced and I could feel it putting me in a reading slump. Maybe I’ll get back to it one day but for now it was just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Homophobia