Reviews tagging 'Death'

Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray

29 reviews

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Suicide attempt

overbooked207's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense

• 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

4.0

📖 Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray Book Review 📖

2nd book of September 2022 and 28th of the year:

This was another great addition to the Diviners series with truly creepy moments, great mysteries, an amazing, lovable, and diverse cast of characters, important commentary and messages, the always beautiful found family trope, queer representation, disability representation, fantastic writing, and more! I think that Lair of Dreams is still my favorite of the three books I've read so far, but I still recommend the whole series as a whole and can’t wait to finish it hopefully soon! TW for death, violence, murder, mention of lobotomies and memory loss, discrimination, racism, antisemitism, eugenics, domestic abuse, blackmail, ableism, homophobia, alcohol, institutionalization, bomb/explosion, vomit, rape, sexual assault, gun violence, medical content/trauma, and grief📖🔮☠️🏳️‍🌈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

readwithsuzanna's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Grief

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

 I enjoyed this more than the first two books, and holy crap the last 1/4 of the book! So much action, and some things I really didn't like, especially how one character is kind of just forgotten by the author. But I did find some of the more annoying/less-likable characters more tolerable and even likable in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Grief

nienke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape

justagrlandherdog's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I definitely liked this one better than the previous one. While unlike the first two books this one didn’t have a true mystery the kids were racing to solve but I loved the growth and expansion you get of each of them. There were still moments I didn’t expect and a few where my heart was racing a bit. It did feel as if it dragged on a bit in the beginning, these books are long, almost, I feel, unnecessarily. Overall enjoyed it.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

ellanarose's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

amethystofblackrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

This book brought together parts of the plot I had been waiting to come together, only to put more obstacles in. There were several moments I found myself yelling, "Yes!" Or "finally!". My favorite characters, Theta, Sam, and Ling, got a lot more scenes, too, which was great. There is a lot more romance in this book as well. I am immediately picking up the next book, but at the same time, I'm sad the series is almost over.

I also highly recommend the audiobook. The reader is amazing!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, and Racism

larareads's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail