Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

14 reviews

ironseaweed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

This is personally, my least favorite out of the main series, but definitely worth while. I heard if you watch the movies before you read the books it’s more challenging to get through. I didn’t watch the movies before the books, and I absolutely loved it! Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

There is gore. If you don’t like to read those kind of topics I’d not recommend.

barefootsierra's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Mental illness and Pandemic/Epidemic

guccishoestrings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Easily the best book in the series and a big step up from the first book. The world grows much bigger and the mystery of why the world is the way it is makes for an intriguing and tense story. The big twist at the end was weird and still is weird to me to this day but I would not say it was bad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

katie_345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

The plot thickens, there’s are so many questions and some get answered but it’s still very mysterious. I am invested in the characters now and I really hope

Thomas and Teresa sort stuff out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

ghoulishshark's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this more than the first book but I did have problems with it. Aka I really didn’t care for Teressa, I didn’t care for how much Thomas blindly trusted and loved her and the amount of times he passes out or sleeps is a lot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

swimfast724's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was my last favorite out of the three

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Grief and War

rafacolog's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

bella_01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book, I actually preferred it to the first book in the series. The plot was super interesting and unpredictable, so I got invested easily. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

ilaronicly's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

bethboo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Duuuuuuuuddeeee idk how the fuck a YA novel is laying me the fuck out but I'm quaking in my boots rn. 
That last 15 mins had me screaming in the car.
While there were parts that got a little annoying or boring. Overall the book had me interested and dying to know what happened next. I finished it in 2 days. It was brutal and I'm surprised it's so uncensored for being a teen book.  I mean there was decapitation, death by lightening, psychological torture, and graphic violence. I mean they def don't give YA vibes but it's crazy dif from the movies. 
The romance feels really forced and kinda get in the way of the plot, but I guess there was a point to it all. *
I feel like everyone's reactions to the traumatic events were pretty realistic. Like Tom is really affected by every death and event and you can tell all these kids are super traumatized

BRENDAAAAA WHHHAAATTTT???
* FUCK Theresa, that bitch should burn. The whole betrayal not betrayal bit had me so confused. I was crying for my poor Thomas. 
Jorge is really uninvolved in this story compared to what the movie showed. 
Deaths in this one: decapitation, death by lightening, burned to death, stabbed, torn apart by weird monster things, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail