Reviews tagging 'Death'

Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

3 reviews

ghostecrack's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.25


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magnoliabloomfield's review against another edition

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challenging 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? It's complicated

1.0

So the safest place to start without spoiling anything would be with trigger warnings and boy are there some doozies.

Triggers:

Underage drinking
Drug use made worse by it being minors
A promiscuous 13 year old child
Pedophilia
Pregnancy
Black characters described as chocolate and mocha colored. Actually, I felt like a lot of ethnic and racial descriptions were a bit off but as a super white girl I couldn’t say exactly how with any knowledge or confidence in the accuracy.


As a 30 year old that likes reading YA to AVOID “spicy” scenes I must say that it was uncomfortable to read some scenes. I hate to use this phrase but most people get the idea, it’s very Wattpad, or it could also be described as a CW show too.
The writing style got to me a few times, especially using the same word multiple times in the same sentence. I mean, yeah, don’t resort to calling eyes orbs just to avoid repeating the same word, but there’s just something off about a sentence like
“A monster hailstone hit Josie on the forehead and a big pink gash opened on her dark forehead.”
Oddly enough it was the adults that seemed the most unrealistic, especially the ones on the news describing the events. Maybe I’m numb from the pandemic but I just wasn’t buying the way the kids were affected by the chemicals.
Also I don’t buy sobbing over a dead body one second and then making out the next.

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zarzone's review against another edition

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

0.25


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