Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee

12 reviews

eacrunden's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

Brutally depressing but if you’re in the mood for a queer look at dystopia and the climate crisis coupled with poverty, domestic violence, and child rape this is for you (it is actually good! Just depressing as hell)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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

fictionalsarah's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

suse_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Read this book for an uni seminar and what I loved most about it was probably the hopelessness. I really liked to read something so realistic without the mindset of “we can fix that, it will get better”. Sometimes you just have to realize that, no, you can’t do anything about it. It is not in your hands and you just have to try and make the best of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ciarakilroy98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.75

The premise, themes, and setting of this book are really interesting and likely why I stuck with this story for over 400 pages. Otherwise the choppy storytelling, weird pacing, and lack of payoff for some of the major developments made for a disappointing finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

the_tridentarii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

fran_____'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

freyabarton's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

i guess it is probably my fault that i didn’t like this because i thought it was going to be a nice little beach romance but it was one of the most depressing hopeless books ever. i should have read the blurb a second time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

franceselsie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

okaye's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent

hollygrwd's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment