Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

76 reviews

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

This novel is a trip. It puts you through an emotional gamut while reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

The world gets destabilized at points in this book. There’s the question of what types of unpleasant events should be intervened on if that’s a possibility. There’s a prominent element to the plot of this book which involves self harm. Personal tragedies are also quite focused on in this plot. The things that happen across life like declining health of yourself and family members is prominent as well. The question of what would you do for your loved ones is intermingled throughout the twisty plot. I loved this book throughout. It’s one of my favorite things read in 2024.

lauragallant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Violence, and War

theganewt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

This was a really fun read, I think the pacing was great and the story rapped up really well. I think at the beginning the timing was a little confusing for me, but once I realized what was happening it cleared everything up. I really liked this form/concept of time travel, I feel like it is one of the first books ive read with this specific form time travel and the corresponding consequences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Dementia

relliepi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident

_pauline's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.5

I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who struggled to understand everything (judging by the other reviews)

I didn’t dislike it but I had higher hopes for it & it was just a lot of disaster & suffering (

esp towards the end, happening over & over again, getting worse each time

) + confusing at times

also

if everyone remembers everything - including US retaliation -, wouldn’t they stop dropping atomic bombs after a few times? or am I being too optimistic here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Mass/school shootings

nicoletiff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

pulp's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

issymaae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

colossuscrunch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

megancortez's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Balling my eyes out. It's like Christopher Nolan wrote a novel but it's a better story than any of his movies. Imaginative. Clever. Riveting. Enthralling. It is a mystery that goes everywhere you want a mystery to go - and then some.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Sexual assault