Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

45 reviews

chloebaboey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Drug use

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Grief, Violence, Genocide, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, War, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

casualk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

sambolin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Recursion is such an interesting premise- when armed with technology that challenges and changes the very fabric of society, how do we as humans react and how far are we willing to go to prevent the mistakes we’ve made. While this technology might never be a reality, it’s a great allegory of our current landscape and how we need to balance advancement and prevention. The characters are engaging and keep you turning pages. It is heavy book- with both themes and the writing. Some passages took a couple rereads to take in the full effect. Overall a super interesting book that challenges the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, War, Grief, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Gun violence

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual content

karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Dementia, War, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

icieri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, War, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Murder, Suicide, Car accident, and Mental illness

katiefurms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

such an incredible and thought provoking read. i really loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, War, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Murder, and Suicide attempt

tkibbee17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

Enjoyable read, fast paced, very interesting concepts about time and memory and consciousness which I enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, Car accident, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Domestic abuse

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Car accident, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Dementia