Reviews tagging 'Death'

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

28 reviews

drsa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

erinnnn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

From the few Tremblay works I’ve read so far, one thing is clear: this evil, evil man loves nothing more than to write the most intimate, dreamlike depictions of loss imaginable. Survivor Song’s characters feel so real you could touch them, making it all the more easy to cry and hope against hope for them. Pair that with some of the most visceral gore I’ve ever read? I will never be the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Vomit

charmarie's review

dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Pregnancy

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

While I don't personally enjoy zombie fiction that much, I do enjoy Paul Tremblay, and he does very well here. This story rushes along to its final two sentences before the epilogue and, to be honest, I sortof wish it had stopped there. Either way, a delightful read, if you enjoy seeing people's lives fall apart in a way that bears absolutely no resemblance at all to Covid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

venusianbabie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

jeninthebooks08's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.25

Maybe 2.25? This was meh. Prequel got me hooked, rest of the book was a bore. Didn't like the characters or the dialogues. Forgettable.

[My bad for reading this book knowing a pregnant woman would be involved. Reading so much about pregnancy and birth made me queasy, I'm not the right target.]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

ekmartin's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this was basically a parody of the covid-19 pandemic. very good commentary on how people act when they are exposed to a situation like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Hooked into this after reading the beginning excerpt in A Cabin at the End of the World. It was a fun take on the zombie tale, trying to lean more into the realism version while still holding onto the horror, which was well balanced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Car accident

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Medical content