Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Begge dør til slutt by Adam Silvera

32 reviews

anarchyandmaybecake's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

3.5

You can already tell from the cover of the book that it’ll be sad, but it’s also funny, relatable, and similar to a warm, loving hug that ends with a stab in the back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Abandonment

bookworm_goblin's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I really liked the book but there wasn't much of a plot to it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

raesansom's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

strawberry_shortcakez's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-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: Abandonment

arlorees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

I sort of understand the idea behind putting in snippets of other people's stories, but I honestly just wanted to get back to Matteo and Rufus everytime we moved away from them. I couldn't care less about Delilah and Victor and that random actor. 

I also wasn't a huge fan of the way the main characters spoke/thought in a *youthy* way - it felt a lot like "hello fellow kids". 

But by the end this didn't seem to matter so much. A great story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness

hookerkitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved the humor in this book (esp the dark flavored variety). It was sewn in well to help break up the emotional stuff (and was very much appreciated). Here’s an example that made me cackle:

This brunette girl, mad pretty, is bawling when a guy advances on her with some tired-ass pickup line (“Maybe you’ll live to see another day with some Vitamin Me in your system.”)

As a person with a monster truck of anxiety, I very much related to Matteo. Most of the passages I highlighted to save are from his POV. I enjoyed watching him as the story progressed. 

The only complaint I can think of is my disappointment that Final Destination was not mentioned ONCE during this entire book, when it had been set up so perfectly so many times. But as I was writing this I had the panicky thought that kids today might not even know what that movie is, which is horrifying 

I know there’s a prequel that came after this, and just discovered there’s a book 2 coming out next year. I obviously don’t know what happens in those so I don’t know if this gets answered, but I want another book to come out where you find out there’s some big nefarious conspiracy to how Death-Cast got started, and how people deal with finding it out/having to get it shut down/something like that. Buuut that’s my love of ominous horror/thrillers bleeding into this world lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Outing

sherlene_06's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

Honestly, this was an unfortunately sad read (it was obvious but still). It took some time for me to actually get into the book. It was a bit dragged in the beginning but slowly got interesting and started picking up some pace. The concept and premise of the book were intriguing and I was hooked -The friendships, the writing, the description, the love that blossomed, the philosophy, thoughts oh Good Lord. Everything was amazingly written. The little chapters of side characters being intertwined into Mateo and Rufus' Last Day were beautiful, sort of like a movie where you could see the characters (though not so important) being affected directly or indirectly by them. 

Even though it was evident they both would die at the end (the whole point of the title) I still hoped against everything they both would live. There weren't any plot twists per se but the build-up, and the storyline was 'close-the-book-for-a-while-and-breathe' worthy. Overall a good book to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming and Panic attacks/disorders

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

The writing style took a while to grow on me but I still really enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, and Abandonment

rubadubindabathtub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Me with only about thirty pages left: “Oh maybe this book won’t make me cry.”

Me not even ten or so pages later: *balling my eyes out for the rest of the book*

READ THIS BOOK. DO IT. Of course if constant mentions of death is triggering for you, then don’t read it.  I keep thinking about the book and just want to cry 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment