Reviews tagging 'Death'

Das Meer der endlosen Ruhe by Emily St. John Mandel

90 reviews

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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? No

4.5

I don’t usually like time travel stories, but this was a perfect one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Deportation, Death of parent, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: Child abuse

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, Grief, Murder, and Death

ceruleanseas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Colonisation and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

jpw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Contact meets Piranesi in this fascinating puzzle box of speculative science fiction. It's a joy to watch the layers revealed as it unfolds across different eras

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Death

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death

americattt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

“I’ve had the opportunity to speak with a great many  people about post apocalyptic literature. I’ve heard a great many theories about why there’s such an interest in the genre…Perhaps we believe on some level that if the world were to end and be remade, if some unthinkable catastrophe were to occur, then perhaps we may be remade too, perhaps into better, more heroic, more honorable people.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: War

heymarykathryn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

Reading this during/at the end of a pandemic that's referenced within the text was a bit jarring. However, I think this is an eerily beautiful story about time and how our actions can impact someone else's life in ways that aren't always obvious at first 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, War, and Death

Minor: Suicide

lmy612's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I would give this book 10/5 if I could. It’s so beautifully written that “perfect” is the best way to describe it. This is science fiction that is so deeply based on reality that it is 100% believable. This could be our future. This might *need* to be our future. It was a little confusing at the start, because we spend only a little time with each character, but by the half way point I was enthralled. I loved how all the characters tied in together and the ending was *chef’s kiss*. 

I will definitely be reading more of Emily St John Mandel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Mental illness