Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

When the Lights Go Out: A Novel by Mary Kubica

12 reviews

unlifeoftheparty's review against another edition

2.5

Oof...don't read this if you dislike talk of  pregnancy/child birth/children or are triggered by miscarriage or infertility.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bookedfortheweekend25's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

jkar7's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

This one was really heartbreaking for so many reasons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Kidnapping

meagalou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.25

The twist wasn’t great & did not give answers to the main character’s insomnia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

abbysue3's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bookiesncreme's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Blood, and Death of parent

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

jacksonaugust33's review against another edition

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: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

An interesting premise let down by the plotting and twist, When the Lights Go Out was a disappointment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, and Stalking

siobhanward's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

 Normally, I'll bump my rating up when a thriller has a twist that catches me totally off-guard. However, Kubica went with the worst cop-out twist ever, so unfortunately I had to drop my rating, because even though I didn't see it coming, it was kind of on-par with "actually Jessie is a space alien and that's why she doesn't have an SSN." So much reading for nothing. It gets two stars for at least not being outright offensive (and I'm in a good mood I guess). But man, what this a disappointment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent