Reviews tagging 'Violence'

El Palacio de los Raros by James Dashner

4 reviews

booksojwhi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

allisonbrooke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Death, Grief, and Child death

rachelditty's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

Given than Newt was my favorite character from the original series, I loved getting to read from his perspective, especially as things started getting rocky for him as time went on.

I greatly enjoyed getting to see different scenarios from the main trilogy play out from Newt's point of view. Knowing he left of his own volition instead of getting dragged off the berg like he said in his note was understandable, if not a little heart breaking. Being a fan of found family, I thought I would be a lot more attached to Keisha and Dante than I ended up being. I feel as though Dashner was trying just a bit too hard to establish a mother/son/brother connection between the three. I think subtlety might have played in his favor a bit more instead of having everything so laid out and obvious, at least when it came to their relationship. 
What I REALLY loved about this was getting to see the Flare from Newt's perspective - the amalgamation of overstimulation mixed with dissociation and detachment. I loved those descriptions, and the fact that Newt was just himself enough to know what was wrong but just far enough Gone that he couldn't help it. I think my biggest aggrievance with this was the epilogue, specifically Ava Paige's promise to get Thomas the journal. WHY Thomas? Why specifically Thomas, and not Thomas and Minho? Why did they need to know about Newt's memories, when all the memories had to do with his family? What would the point of them having that be? And then there was Newt's final thoughts of Tommy with understand before he dies. WHY Thomas specifically? I wish we could have gotten more context as to what was in the journal aside from Newt's memories of his family and his recordings of his experiences in the Crank Palace.

I really loved getting to see Newt again and to get his perspective on different parts of the story. My copy is full of flags and notes. Give us the journal, Dashner.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, and Drug use