Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Le Labyrinthe by James Dashner

77 reviews

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

alexsian29's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.5

Like the story, don’t like the writing style. I think the fact I’ve seen the films so many times it didn’t help. Although I think the plot is good, the use of slang words was starting to send me over the edge - if I see the word “shuck” one more time, I may have to poke my eye out with a fork. Also….. telepathy????? I’m not really here for that development, so glad they didn’t include that in the films. It just seemed like a lazy plot device to make things make sense / allow Thomas to discover things whilst Theresa was still in a coma. Literally added nothing to the plot, wasn’t helped by the lack of chemistry between Theresa and Thomas. I’m sure this book would have been more suspenseful for me if i hadn’t seen the films and already knew a fair amount of the big “reveals”. Ultimately felt quite slow paced for me, I want to love it but it’s not quite there. Feel a bit indifferent but have a higher rating for the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Blood

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

alalalal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Confinement, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Pandemic/Epidemic

sofiam19's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

Watched the movies years ago and loved them. Reading YA as an adult is always interesting but I enjoyed it! Probably going to read the series just so it feels more complete (but I already “know” what happens due to watching the movies). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence and Violence

lelodo13's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: War

autieshawtie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Misogyny, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

joykouotou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

 4

Generally a great book. I was scared of a book with a male lead, almost only men characters and just one woman all written by ofc a man and how it would turn out but actually I loved reading this book. James Dashner has no hesitation when it comes to discussing vulnerability, fear and sometimes just weakness. Through this book he broke the barrier between how men "should" be and act and how they really are.

Loved the sincerity in which this book was written.

Minho is my favourite. If I learn that you killed him off in the 4th or 5th book just like you did those 2 characters that I loved deeply and watched die in the movies, Dashner, I'm going to be mad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

booklov3r5019's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

I. LOVED. THIS. SERIES. The only thing I will say, though, is that the first couple of chapters were a little bit slow, but once you get past those, it's GREAT. And, I really never read books that don't have at least some amount of romance in it, but this book was really good! Even though it had a little bit of it, it wasn't like it was terrible because it was barely there. I think it was a little bit refreshing, maybe, to read a book that was mainly focused just on the adventure side of it, rather than it being split between adventure and romance. But, either way, it was really good, so you should 100% read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail