Reviews tagging 'Death'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

96 reviews

casualk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

sambolin's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Recursion is such an interesting premise- when armed with technology that challenges and changes the very fabric of society, how do we as humans react and how far are we willing to go to prevent the mistakes we’ve made. While this technology might never be a reality, it’s a great allegory of our current landscape and how we need to balance advancement and prevention. The characters are engaging and keep you turning pages. It is heavy book- with both themes and the writing. Some passages took a couple rereads to take in the full effect. Overall a super interesting book that challenges the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, War, Grief, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Gun violence

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual content

oddityoverseer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Excellent book. It was a little bit repetitive towards the end, but I understand why. Loved the stories and the characters. I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a mind-fuck philosophical thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death, Dementia, and Suicide

Minor: Mass/school shootings

jj_tj's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Car accident

menziesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Sets the bar for upping the ante. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

vanyasingh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Helena went from being a super genius to taking a backseat to Barry in the latter quarter of the book... it felt like she was dumbed down just so Barry could be the savior and genius. What a shame, she was such a strong female character. Interesting concept and fascinating read otherwise, though I'm not entirely sure I understood how the ending worked?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Dementia, War, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

icieri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, War, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Murder, Suicide, Car accident, and Mental illness

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Dementia, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail