Reviews tagging 'Death'

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

26 reviews

readingin's review against another edition

dark funny sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, and Death

byelingual_kegan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

whoisrois's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

So so so good. (obviously) 

I enjoyed the self contained short story chapters outside of the main plot best

A lot of characters to keep straight, I keep mixing 2nd prize, Davey, Marty and Tommy up 😮‍💨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

bookmuva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved this book so much more than I originally thought. It took me a bit to get used to the way it’s written in Scots/English but it added more to the book. Some parts were super out of left field and hard to read, but all in all an interesting story. It was hard to keep up with the characters, but once you get them in order you see how all their lives intersect. Another book I would potentially read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

alice_appleby's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

wantstoloveajedi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

vampiricfunghi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, and Excrement

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

thomasdj's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Excrement

Minor: Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Murder

zoinkie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cleo_j's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Excrement