Reviews tagging 'Death'

Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown

26 reviews

daphnesbookcorner's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

tamsin_emma's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

3.5

Enjoyed losing myself in Nellie's experience. My only dislike is that it was probably written for a teen audience and I'm not a teen!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

fallenxx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and War

rebekaho24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I didn’t like the ending, and felt like there wasn’t any focus on character development/flaws. It was okay, but honestly I think it could’ve been a bit better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Cancer and Pregnancy

dwigz's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

Honestly a good debut for Millie. I’d never heard of the Bethnal Green tube station incident before.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and War

selincck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and War

datskira's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: War

Minor: Terminal illness and Pregnancy

strawberrymivvy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Whilst the writing style will never set the world alight, this novel really kept the pages turning as it introduced me to a true event in British WWII history that I had never heard about.

No spoilers, but the devastating build up and aftermath had me reading well into the night and feeling incredibly emotional and keen to learn more about why this isn't common knowledge.

Likeable, rounded characters make this an easy read, though the perfect rounding up of all their stories at the end felt a little too pat - not sure how much of that is truly based on the author's grandmother.

I may consider reading more if this author continues writing historical fiction

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

rainyday_reader's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

bella613's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War