Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Secera by Neal Shusterman, Dan Sociu

233 reviews

olivia63096's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death

kupids's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A very poorly structured brain blurt review!

I have so many feelings towards this book. At times I found the plot too simplistic and almost cartoon like, but that links to a journal entry where life without death was compared to a cartoon.. which is amazing. I didn’t feel much for either Citra or Rowan throughout the entire book, I felt no emotional connection to them but I did enjoy watching their stories unfold.  The ending hit me quite hard, I adored the final line, “And if ever Scythe Lucifer comes my way, I hope he’ll see me as one of the good ones. As he once did.” it was incredibly powerful and left me thinking a lot. 

Scythe Farady, Curie and Volta were by far my favourite characters - they were all deeply misunderstood in different ways and I loved exploring their pasts and presents. 

The plot/twists were pretty predictable and they didn’t really shock me at all, but I was okay with that because I still enjoyed the story anyway. The world building is fascinating and I can’t wait to learn more. :3

I’m someone who actively avoids romance and I did roll my eyes at the beginning of Rowan and Citras ‘relationship’ but it developed in a way I found both enjoyable and surprising. If you’re a romance hater, read this book regardless. 🫵 I’m hoping it stays this way in the coming books, as I’ll definitely be reading them. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Child death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pedophilia

chelly_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Mass/school shootings

sandwiiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

such an intriguing and interesting story. i was captivated by the world and the complexity of both the characters and the plotline. i'm so excited to read the rest of the trilogy 😮‍💨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

rachel_anne_krauz95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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, Grief, Murder, Torture, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Blood

elykeepthefaith's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The premise is Scythe is definitely interesting and there is definitely a lot of food for thought as you read through. The plot moved so quickly that it was hard to figure out the twists and turns. Overall enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence, Body shaming, Death of parent, Bullying, and Alcohol

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, and Blood

yyooh17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was INSANE. I got double plot twisted ?!?! I did NOT pick up this book expecting a dystopia but I got it all the same. 

The extracts from the gleaning journals each chapter was a nice touch. The characters were also very impressive with their choices and reactions. 

The author who came up with the idea for this too O-O The whole concept of “splatting” was so stunning to me but… if there’s no pain or death then why not 🙈

Anyways I was very impressed by this book and would recommend it. 

My reasoning for not giving it as 5 was because I wasn’t really emotionally attached to a lot of the events / scenes and I felt like some of the characters actions/ events were not really justified or explained clearly enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Murder

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Fire/Fire injury