Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Secera by Dan Sociu, Neal Shusterman

71 reviews

purstiltski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

chuuper's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lisa00's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

caramelreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

bo0ks_are_cool91's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-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

4.5

On par with the hunger games for iconic dystopias! The exploration of death and the human condition here was done really well, and the world building is well serving to its purpose. Was a tad predictable at times but really good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Torture

alipenguinface's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

An absolutely brilliant book that comments on the philosophy and ethics of death in an undying world. I don’t think there’s anything I could change about this book to make it better and I’m very excited for the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

coramae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and War

renreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

They just aren’t making books like this anymore. Written in the golden age of dystopian YA, this book was just insanely captivating, original and fresh in the sludge that is recent releases. Precise and consistent world building that was easy to follow along. Complex multi layered, fully fleshed out characters. And just enough twists and turns with steady pacing for the plot. I loved this book and wish I would have read it sooner. Cannot wait to finish the series.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

megan_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyed this. Wasn’t great wasn’t awful but it definitely kept me interested throughout. All the main characters are likeable (maybe not LOVABLE) and I feel like they might be a bit flat sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail