Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

21 reviews

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Went into this book knowing I wouldn’t get any answers and therefore I was able to enjoy this wonderful, weird experience. Usually not a fan of scenery descriptions but the writing and/or biology perspective certainly made it more interesting. Throughout I was speculating along with the biologist (and at some point, hallucinating with her too, reading one of my ideas into it and realising later I misread) and formed many theories that may or may not be true. Very intriguing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Violence, Death, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Cancer, and Terminal illness

smolbeez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

owlribbon's review against another edition

mysterious

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide

parksonian's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

msradiosilence's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Self harm, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Violence

irinalast's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

An analytical depart from reality; great expression of inner thoughts and feelings as it becomes clear that narrator’s perception is not fully reliable. The complicated present shifts as the narrator reveals pieces of her past, and how okay she is with the ominous future her experiences hint at. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cancer, Chronic illness, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

meereswogen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief