Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis

8 reviews

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Okay, I checked this out from the library as soon as I finished the first one, and I will say this was a pretty great sequel. A lot of my questions from the first book were answered and had me going "wtf WTF" throughout. 
There were some gross/gruesome parts so check some content/trigger warnings. 
I overall liked the ending as well even though it made me a little sad. What I was hoping for didn't happen, but it's okay.

closure is better than nothing, but I would've liked to see tress and felicity rebuild their friendship knowing/understanding that what they both did was due to trauma. I'm glad Rue was able to be saved and go with Tress to build a new/different life as well

 I need to read more from this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Dementia

grays_opinion's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

One of the narrators is an absolute incel.

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emeraldelephant's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

This was intense!  Not only was the plot even crazier as a continuation of The Initial Insult but it delivered on many fronts.  It's also pretttttyyy gory and gross.  I have a decently strong stomach but some descriptions were A LOT to listen to/read.  I didn't have strong feelings about Ribbit in TII but man he pissed me off in this one.  He always seemed weak and passive but he flipped that and became kind of evil.  To be fair, he was bullied pretty badly for a while and he wants revenge on the popular kids.  But the manner of his revenge was harsh.  Tress, bless her, she tried so hard in this book.  And yes, she made up for a lot.  She's a very interesting character to read from and follow and I'm really glad I finished this duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

poppyseedromance's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Dementia, and Classism

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Vomit, Dementia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Death of parent

jfontaine's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Wow. This book is so thrilling. I couldn't put it down. It's a fast-paced novel told from three perspectives: Tress Montore, Rabbit Usher, and Rue, an orangutan housed at Amontillado Animal Attractions. The panther from the first book, The Initial Insult, is very much a part of this book, but readers see Rue's perspective instead. This book is all about finding family, losing family, and revenge. I audibly gasped while reading on more than one occasion. It is very dark with an extremely satisfying ending. I highly recommend this book. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Drug use

Even though I'm adding a lot of content warnings, it's a brilliant book. Atmospheric and chilling.