Reviews tagging 'Death'

Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson

11 reviews

ihavecoolhats6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Violence, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Toxic friendship and Bullying

eschorrlesnick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

fat representation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

chamaeleontis's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Child death, Gore, Bullying, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, and Violence

amandalorianxo's review

adventurous funny inspiring 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? No

4.0

I loved the bonding between these young ladies and the fact that is was such a cool take on fighting not necessarily supernatural creatures but parasites. Prudence has quit the Ladybirds, a parasite fighting “Girl Scout” esque group shortly after her friend Molly died in combat. Sadly, her mom has decided that Prudence will be the one in charge of getting her prima (cousin) Avianna in tip top shape to follow in the footsteps of the legacies. Prudence thinks Paz (her older sister) would be a better fit but she’s in college and Pru has two more years left before high school graduation. The diversity amongst the cast was also awesome, centered around a plus sized (I believe Prudence is but I have to double check the descriptions one more time) Puerto Rican descendant. It’s got adventure, friendship, discussions on anxiety & PTSD as well as solidifying that you don’t have to be cold hearted (you can be a soft, girly fighter) and still get the job done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

Minor: Death

mfrisk's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Minor: Mass/school shootings

I thought this book was an excellent read. I think I probably would have liked it even more in middle or high school but I still felt I got a lot out of it I think if it were an adult novel version I would have wanted them to go a bit further with some of the ideas they explored but for a young adult novel I think this was a great foray into mixing the supernatural with a discussion of grief, fear, the pressure of living up to family’s expectations, and the importance of taking care of our mental health and practicing community care.

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

This is marketed as a cross between Buffy and Stranger Things, and that absolutely hits the nail on the head. Anderson has crafted this incredibly creative world, where Ladybirds fight monsters that appear because of people's emotions. I loved that they mentioned things like Girl Scouts, and the Ladybirds used groups like that as a cover for the fact that they go out slaying these monsters every night instead. That concept is just so fun and it was executed, for the most part, really well.

There's a lot of great discussion in here about gender, about the way society separates us out by gender, and the ways that women are kind of supposed to be emotional guardians. Prudence decides to leave the Ladybirds because it was too much of a reminder of the death of her friend, but in training new recruits, she's able to see that maybe she could make a change to some of the more probelmatic aspects of the organization. Her character arc and emotional journey is a satisfying one, and she makes a great narrator for the story.

I will say, this is tagged as LGBTQ, but there's really only one side character who is a lesbian and it's not mentioned very much. I do kind of wish this was more present in the book because there were so many opportunities for it, but oh well. I still loved the way this book fought against the patriarchy and worked to say that you can go out slaying monsters as much as you want, but your emotional health is just as important as your physical health. Not enough fantasy books talk about that!

All in all, this was a fun read that fans of any kind of monster hunting I think will love. And the narrator for the audiobook does a fantastic job!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Gore

Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Misogyny

ednam0dewannabe's review

Unfortunately I don't have enough free time to continue this reading.... And I have to return the book to the library tomorrow! 😭 I hope I can get another chance to read it in the near future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Death, Drug use, Violence, and Child death

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Bullying, Mental illness, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Gore, and Death

Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Homophobia

kaitplusbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Ableism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, and Death