Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

40 reviews

besidemyshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

mariemaroll's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War

wispy_reviews's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

The dialogue is well written and the characters are fleshed out well.  The story didn’t quite follow through what it was setting up, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs and Violence

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Murder

sareena's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hughesie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Fire/Fire injury

gabs_loc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Although the twist was a bit predictable, this was still an enjoyable read. It moved fast and kept me entertained! Very quick to finish and the last few chapters had me on the edge of my seat!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Moderate: War

drvanatta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Even if you've watched the movie first, this book is still worth a read. Regardless, it's. Greatly tense and intriguing novel that reads easily, maybe even too easily. If this book had an apparent flaw, it'd be the lack of subtleties because of the writing style and word choice. This does in no way detract from the story, however, if you are able to put yourself into the mind of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

un_savoury's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

hanreadin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and War