Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Al cincilea val by Rick Yancey

25 reviews

sohare1981's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

phillyhufflepunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Like all alien invasion stories, this is an allegory for colonialism, but for young adult dystopian fans. Fast paced yet reflective. Centered on several teens in the aftermath of a global genocide. It has all the tropes of teen dystopian stories like The Hunger Games and Divergent, but didn't get the same hype.

Not 5 stars because

the colonizing, sort-of love interest disappears before the audience or the main character can focus too much on his casual acceptance of genocide before he meets her. "I went along with it begrudgingly until I fell in love with you" should be examined a bit more, just saying.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

buffalo666's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

asparagushead's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Pretty gruesome for a YA novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

littlered1110's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, and War

Minor: Suicide

ssnows's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

hcgambrell's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

maddreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

4.25

I eat apocalypse books up and this book was a feast

• Cassie is such a good protagonist: she’s fierce, smart, driven, but ultimately just like every other girl 
• I sooo called
  Evan being a Silencer. Also the name Silencer is pretty cool
• Cassie cutting her hair when she gets feelings for a boy… she’s so me
  (okay yes I know it was to make her look younger hush)
• what an amazing book. I think the viewpoints were juggled perfectly 
• the camp being bad… like we saw it coming but STILL

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and War

thesongofgrace's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

bookishlucy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

The pov changes felt excessive at times and it took me a while to get into Ben's pov but I ultimately did enjoy this book. 
That being said, I did guess almost every single plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and War