Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

15 reviews

am314's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

First read: 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

This has to be one of my most favorite books ever. I loved it so much I couldn’t put it down. I loved it so much that I hated the characters they hated, loved the ones they loved, and found myself bawling by the end. I can’t wait to read the next one, as well as every single one after that. I can already tell I will be sad when this series ends.

Second read: 4🌟🌟🌟🌟

Wow. I never expected to like this book less, but here we are😭. Don’t get me wrong, it was still great and I enjoyed reading it, it just didn’t hit like it did the first time. I didn’t experience the extreme shock and surprise and crazy emotions that came with it originally. Still, it was a great book with characters I absolutely loved and absolutely hated (but those ones just make the plot better don’t they?), and I am very excited to continue to read the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Cursing

my3bb8's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Torture, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Gore, and Gun violence

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

interesting with one heck of an ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood

herceia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Everything you need for a YA dystopian novel. Very cool and loveable characters, a ton of suspense and danger, and a wild adventure the whole way through. The friendships were developed in a really lovely way, which is something I love to see. The violence of all kinds in this book are absolutely brutal to read and at times, a little too much, but I stuck around for the strength of the characters and their journey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

gertie_nott's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, and War

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

robingelzhiser's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Violence, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Death

lizardbet's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, and Trafficking

rkaur's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

if i could give this book anymore stars, i would. usually when i find a dystopian novel, it never fulfills everything i hoped it would be, but this book was above and beyond my hopes. the intricacies of ruby, liam, zu & chubs of how they think and how manage to build such strong relationships with each other in the way theyve been thrown together is amazing. also?? the world building? this book got me so involved into what was going on not just about the characters, but about the ones we’d never been introduced to. the whole set up is just amazing & this style of writing helped make it even better. this book will always remain one of my favorites and the book i recommend to others who want to read a magical realistic dystopian world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death

starlessnights's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Torture