Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

55 reviews

breadworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident

short_circuit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

"the universe owes you nothing, kady. it has already given you everything, after all. [...] the only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance."

god knows i love a morally grey AI with a fucked up code of ethics and a thing for the most badass human girl in outer space

"gaslight gatekeep girlboss" AIDAN
just plain girlboss kady
ezra honey i love u but your girlfriend is so so much cooler

(please heed the content warnings on this one, folks. whole lotta violence and death and shooting and whatnot. there's no tag for "illness", but the main part of the story involves people being infected with a virus that makes them go insane, so i tagged it with "terminal illness" to be safe.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lilopalu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I enjoyed the unusual format and the unique story. It is a good book, that I couldn't put down. So, I totally get, why a lot of people like it so much. That being said, it is not the book for me since I prefer slower stories with more breating room. I didn't have enough time to connect to the characters since sooo much is happening. And I could have done with a bit less gore. 
I am still debating, wether I want to pick up the second one. We will see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

leaf_arrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

please read trigger warnings before starting this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

sleepythingie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

This is easily one of the most unique books I've ever read. The formatting and writing style makes this book consistently entertaining and mysterious and despite the slightly untraditional formatting, the plot and characters still feel wonderfully fleshed out. The romance was very cheesy, but it was a nice change from the rest of the book which was quite dark and heavy for the most part. Although none of the plot twists really blew my mind, it was still incredibly entertaining and this book is just absolutely thrilling in terms of action, explosions, and zombies. Overall this is just a thrilling, heart-wrenching space opera that I would recommend to anyone who likes seeing things explode in space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, and Death of parent

bethfowler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

jessywithawhy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

annuich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

delvie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It's the book I wish I could write. My least favorite parts heavily featured AIDEN, which unfortunately was a significant chunk of the third act, hence the half star knock-off. This audiobook is an art piece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Vomit