Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dust by Hugh Howey

14 reviews

morris42's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Fire/Fire injury

hownovelofher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Pretty decent ending to an altogether very enjoyable series. BUT I still have soooo many questions. I wouldn’t say there are “plot holes” per se, more just like information that could be expounded upon.
I think it’s a wonderful story that was worth telling and Hugh Howey did a great job in doing so. I started watching the TV series as well and I can’t wait for the film iteration of this book.
My favorite characters were most of the supporting ones. I think my favorite aspect of the book was all the found family content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child death

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

Brilliant end to the series. It’s going to stick with me for a long time, I’ll be thinking of the characters and imagining what they’re up to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ella_bibliophile_98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

A really strong conclusion to the series - I think the arc of all the characters was good and I liked that most of the questions were answered in a way that made sense, even if it was still confusing until the ends at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Violence

nixw1326's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

jessy4550's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

srm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There's a lot I like about how this series wraps up, but the tension and plot of this book relies far too often on situations that could be solved with a 15 second conversation. I'm willing to roll with maybe one instance of characters getting interrupted before they can say the important thing, or characters refusing to listen as someone tries to explain, or a character refusing to explain because the other character obviously knows what he did (untrue). But the book would be half as long without these. It just became intensely frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death

readerette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

This is a beautiful and heart-rending conclusion to the trilogy. It gets dark in the middle and I found myself having to slow down and sprinkle in romance novels and other light reads to counterbalance the despair and uncertainty. 

I can only say, keep reading. The Silo series characters and the world they live in only grow more compelling in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Gun violence