Reviews tagging 'Child death'

El archivo by V.E. Schwab

10 reviews

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Child death, Car accident, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Gore and Suicide

lacyreadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

I went into this book trying to get out of a reading slump. I wasn't 100% sure what this book was going to be about but I wasn't expecting a twist on the Princess Bride! But I love the Princess Bride so I did enjoy this quite a lot. There were a few scenes I thought seemed a little too similar to the Princess Bride but overall I really enjoyed it! I loved Ama and Luca. Luca is so sweet and gentle I want to protect him! How book one ends definitely makes my curious on what's going to end up happening in the other books!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

tillysg1's review against another edition

adventurous

• 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

I guess I gotta skip YA books because I'm so very tired of the "I know better than anybody else" teen hero.  
Writing is fine, premise is interesting.   I would read a sequel if it was in my hands, but wouldn't search for it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

bookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Car accident

s_snape_hbp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Death, and Child death

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

When people die, they become a collection of memories in The Archive called histories. Sometimes, those collections wake up and try to leave. That's where people like Mac come in. Mac is a keeper, and her job is to return awakened histories. When her family moves to an old hotel to start over from the grief of losing their youngest family member, Mac comes face to face in a mystery she may not be equipped to handle. 

I really enjoyed the world building in this book. This was a fun read and I enjoyed the ride. I was mildly disappointed in some things that happened at the ending, but it wasn't because those things didn't feel earned. I just had a more intriguing idea of what was going on than what was really happening. My biggest complaint is that this falls prey to the common trope that a boy and girl MUST kiss or fall in love if in close proximity. No friends, no asexual or aromantic people. I hated that when I was a teen too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Death of a sibling

emsbibliotherapy's review against another edition

Very sad, dark subject manner. Just wasn’t in the mood for that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

aqtbenz's review against another edition

dark emotional

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming