Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

42 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

Literally bawled my eyes out like a freaking baby! First time crying in my dorm while my roommate was there. This book with claw out your heart and replace it with its own. 

I only wish we were able to learn how deathcast works. I feel like the way this was written where it tried to involve you in the creation of deathcast but still keep you separate didn’t work. It made me think that Adam Silvera doesn’t actually know how deathcast is supposed to work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content

aliveandnotlovingit's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

heartbreaking to read, i love Adam Silvera and how his writing connects readers to his characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

amyhasel's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Medical content, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

9/11 content

carsonedfors's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Grief, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Medical trauma, and Mass/school shootings

lucyford's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

Whew. I just finished the book and that was one of the best endings I’ve ever read. Although I found myself comparing this book to They Both Die at the End pretty often, and while I probably enjoyed that one more, this book is so much more inspiring and completely changed my perspective on life (again). It’s really one of those books that makes you sad but you’re okay with it because everything really is gonna be okay. I’m so thankful I read this  

Spoiler

and I’m ready to live for all the Valentinos that haven’t lived enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Homophobia

idk_whatimevendoing's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Grief, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Suicide

4riareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Physical abuse

dirtyseagull's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

So here's the thing about this book, its a great follow up to the first in the "Series" as it were, because even though its a prequel its main focus for most the story is the world building and establishing what kind of New York these characters are living in and subsequently, dying in. 

Not really a spoiler, its in the title. 

But here are some very minor spoilers if you wanna keep reading. You are getting a lot of the same here as you did in the first novel, just longer. There's backstory, more world-building, and a shit ton of callbacks to the first novel (and little easter eggs) which give context for who these characters were that were either mentioned or featured in the first story. 

These mostly work in service of the novel but sometimes feel like they are just kinda cameos for the sake of cameos and they could have been cut down or cut out. The only other thing that really makes me think that this could have been better is that the story itself, while different and heart wrenching feels far less emotionally powerful to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

megan_j's review

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed this. Not as much as the first one, but I did enjoy it. The characters were very sweet and lovable, I felt like at times it was just a bit too long and drawn out and a lot could’ve been cut, but it was nice all the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Homophobia

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, and Violence