Reviews tagging 'Death'

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

49 reviews

goblintrash's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

avacadosocks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, and Self harm

benji_dw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Fascinating modern fantasy that I found very gripping. Lovable characters. A cool world with rules unlike any I’ve seen before. Unique and original. What I want in fiction.

I’d recommend it to people who like fantasy and books like Gideon the Ninth, or Ancillary Justice, or Ursula Le Guin.

I did find it hard to follow at times and wish the author would use “the audience not knowing the world as a way to create intrigue” less. But I was captivated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

a_rose_a's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

It was very interesting but it moved a little slowly for me. Someone who enjoys a lot of descriptions would enjoy this book more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

bloodmaarked'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

reread 06/09/23:

i reread this in preparation for seasonal fears which i just went and bought, and quite honestly i feel just as much love for this book as i did the first time. so yeah, no updates, refer to original review thx

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original review 06/12/21:

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oh my god i loved this. something about that cover just told me i would. it was sharp and dark and clever - maybe even too clever at some points, but even where there were plot points that took a while for me to grasp, i was still gripped the whole way through. it's so hard to describe, but yeah, this story was a whole weird, mind-twisting journey of alchemy and power and godhood, and i loved every minute of it. what's more, i loved the cast too! roger and dodger have my whole heart, but i also loved leigh and erin who grew on me over the course of the book. i wish i'd had more time to read because i'm sure i would've torn through it at the speed of light rather than over the near-month that it took in reality. but, if you love SFF, and you love a story that will keep you guessing, i would 100% recommend this. seriously can't wait for seasonal fears to come out - not long now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

nightstitch96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

generaljinjur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Had to return it to the library halfway through my first attempt, and picked it back up about a year later- I’m so so glad I did! Like many of McGuire’s books, this is as much an ode to stories as a marvelous story in and of itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

xosirenox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting