Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

65 reviews

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

emileod4974's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

This was a fascinating look at what could happen if we were to go back in time and alter history - even in tiny ways. Great characters and premise. A couple inconsistencies annoyed me and it covered some pretty stressful concepts, but overall a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and War

bookalook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

A fascinating story that revolves around humanity, technology, and exploring what we are all capable of. Slightly too rushed in the beginning and too long in the end, but overall an enjoyable, worthwhile read that is both entertaining and will stick with you after you're done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Dementia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and War

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

What a fantastic and original take on time travel and its repercussions. Crouch really nailed the urgency and horror, and the narration was wonderful. Barry and Helena forever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

allytrainor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Child death

jmarierva's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible. One of the best sci fi books I’ve ever read! All based in our current reality and on this planet. Explores human influence on our reality through technology. Can’t recommend it enough! Will absolutely read more Blake Crouch!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Mass/school shootings

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jojo_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction and Vomit

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Normally I enjoy sci-fi set in a “real world” but I couldn’t get my head around this concept. Just not the book for me. It also had a lot of trigger warnings (suicide/violence) that were difficult and caused me to have to put down but I also wanted to push through because so many have loved this book. I didn’t feel like it was worth finishing but glad I tried it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail