Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis

16 reviews

gollywhiz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

cpachet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Took me a long time to get into this book, despite loving The First Sister. The plot felt so bleak sometimes and I cried throughout the last third of the book. However, I love that the author made bold choices and pushed the stories to dark places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, and Death

peskilanim's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Ableism, Death, Blood, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, and Medical content

booksthatburn's review against another edition

 I found myself much less interested in the the story than in the first book. I'm still uneasy with some of the character choices I mentioned in the first book's review and I couldn't tell when or if they would be resolved. Ultimately, while I'm unable to pin down exactly what I don't like about this book, trying to make myself finish it resulted in a period of several days where I barely read anything and could only handle re-reads. As soon as I officially DNF'd this I was able to read other stuff again. For me, that's enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Violence, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual content, Classism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Medical content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Torture, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Body shaming, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Confinement

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

god this book was so good!! sobbed through the entire last fucking half jesus christ i need these characters to get peace. such beautiful writing and the world building is insane!! terrified for the next book but i know it’ll be worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, and War

bookswithjk's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse, Slavery, and Sexual assault

accidentallyinspace's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Fantastic continuation to the first book, expands on the universe and adds to the story without missing a beat or dropping in quality. Definitely recommend and will be picking up the next one.

This book does an excellent job of setting me up to think something is going to happen and then pivoting and going completely elsewhere in these constant little subversions. I keep going "I recognize this trope, I know where we're going" and just nope, not there. I love it. 

This book pulled off making me actively reconsider my opinion of a character I considered irredeemably annoying (Hiro). They're still kind of annoying, but I will recognize good writing and character work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, and Death

francisfrancis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, and Sexual violence

caseythereader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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: Colonisation, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Ableism, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Dysphoria and Transphobia

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence