Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey

7 reviews

mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

flyerkelly14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked the epilogue more than anything else in the book. The book dragged at times and definitely could’ve been shortened. I find the switching POVs within paragraphs to be confusing. We hop from perspectives similar to the writing style in the first book, but I found it harder to follow this book. I would’ve preferred for the split POVs to be clearly bound/divided in chapters, or for there to only be one or two POV so we weren’t so omnipresent. I also feel this prequel was a little not necessary for world building because we already know a lot of stuff from the first book, and this book didn’t add much until the last chapter (and the epilogue). 
This book gives an interesting topic to think about, but I don’t think it was very well executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-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

My favorite part of this book was the ending. Up until the last hour or so of the audiobook, it was a “take it or leave it“ kind of book. But the ending was so good to pull together both books, and it ended hopefully which I didn’t expect. That really added a lot of value to the overall story for me and I really enjoyed it.

Otherwise, for the most part, The Boy on the Bridge feels very much like a slightly different version of the first book. It doesn’t have enough merit stand apart. But that ending was solid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: War

One of the POV characters is Asian. Another is Autistic. A Black character enters at the very end as well.

emlouise42's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Ableism and Violence

wendinogo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Didn't like it as much as The Girl with All the Gifts; that will always have a place in my heart. Still, this was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gaslighting and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide