Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

13 reviews

maddun's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

wyabook234's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Ableism and Death of parent

mementomoriiv's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

The Gone World is an excellent mixture of sci fi, mystery, and cosmic mindfuck. 

I was disappointed in the epilogue, but really impressed by the expansion of the story into a much wider breadth than just straightforward time travel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

smolhandsdan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mairead_parade's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Compelling premise and some interesting ideas, but overlong. The middle third dragged, and the twist felt highly telegraphed from early on. There were a few plot holes that never got resolved, and I felt like the epilogue took the least interesting way out for the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Blood

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

snielsen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

coaxmetal's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Child death

teaandtales1's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Really great book until the last 5 pages. The ending truly ruined a fantastic story and I'm real mad about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism

mackenzi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Racism