Reviews tagging 'Death'

Keeping Two by Jordan Crane

19 reviews

lorraine78's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

hdunscombe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Alcohol

slytherinlyss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

The constant flipping between storylines kept the pacing quite quick & interesting. I saw myself in a lot of these characters feelings and actions, which was daunting. I don’t think you want to relate to these characters but the point is that we all are. We are an accumulation of our fears, flaws and past experiences. 

The graphics were powerful. I especially appreciate what the author was trying to say with the tree & the rain. Made me sob, well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Car accident

frances_frances's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.5

Yeah I really hated this book. There were a few illustrations and lines of dialogue that stood out to me so that's why I gave it 1.5 stars rather than one, but otherwise it sucked. The themes of the book are certainly worth exploring but the actual execution felt totally unoriginal and tired. The result felt juvenile to me - manufactured drama and forced trauma told from an emotionally shallow perspective.

There's also a ton of depictions of violence against women. Yes, Will is spiraling in his anxiety and unable to stop imaging all the ways his partner could be in danger. However, the result for the reader is just having to watch her get robbed, brutalized, and murdered a bunch. Depicting violence against women (or any other marginalized / vulnerable populations) is a slippery slope. At what point does it stop being commentary and become a gross indulgence in gender based violence? This, along with Dan being a total asshole to his partner after a stillbirth left a bad taste in my mouth. And it all feels especially gross since the author is a man. 

Also, unhoused people were often perpetrators of violence in Will's fantasies. This was upsetting as it plays into harmful stereotypes about people who are poor and/or experiencing addiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tommy_salami's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

paigicus's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer

u_0's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

It was unique and creative, but not for me. It was extremely triggering. There was some casual misogyny and hollow, stereotypical portrayal of women that was hard to get past. I wasn't sure if it was intentional for the story or not. The blurb was pretentious. Not for me and that's ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

finnmiles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ratstronomer's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Riveting and emotional. I found myself flipping back and forth through the book to verify things and trace visual cues throughout the story. Very clever implementation of panels and visual language. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Animal death

taylizart's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Car accident