Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

32 reviews

jenheartbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Good stuff. I was consistently impressed with plot points, often surprised, and amused by the humor. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Gun violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Mention of plane crashes.

fancypotato1995's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

allidone's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I adore this series. This book rounded things off enough to feel satisfying, yet left me wanting more. I could have kept reading this book way past it’s ending.

I think Shusterman has created something genuinely brilliant, with characters you really root for, a plot that keeps you engaging and magnificent, thoughtful world building.

I honestly absolutely LOVED my time with these books and the audio narration my Tremblay was fantastic throughout!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

I enjoyed this third book more than book two. The twists were more intense. I am not sure how I feel about the ending yet. The plot of this particular book is so random, I. Not sure if I love it or not. It is definitely going to sit with me, and on that basis alone it gets high marks. It is original, and very well thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

medini_l's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

rangerwing75's review against another edition

I don’t know what went wrong between Thunderhead and this but something must have because this could not have been more of a drag.

I genuinely tried to enjoy this book. It was fun at first, but it quickly grew tiresome. It’s a long book - longer than it needs to be with all of its paragraphs and chapters focusing on unimportant characters. We didn’t need an entire chapter dedicated to the woes of a random painter we never see again. I’d put the book down and almost dread picking it back up.

It’s long, it’s slow, and the story isn’t engaging enough to make me not care about those things. This isn’t like in Journey to the West where at least the story is funny even if the chapters are packed with poetry. A disappointing end to what was looking to be an amazing trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury