Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

14 reviews

transgarf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This is probably my favorite book at the moment. The way the story unfolds is so interesting and complex. Each character had their own stories even if they weren't the main character and it was tangible. Its definitely a bit long winded and takes a while to pick up speed, but I don't think it would've been as impactful for me if it was fast-paced. It left me with so many conflicted emotions in the best way possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Grief, and War

Minor: Racism, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kolovsky's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

mindins's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

La historia no logró atraparme completamente y el narrador no ayudaba en hacer la historia más dinámica tampoco.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Cannibalism

paukinra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Pedophilia and Cannibalism

murk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, and Cannibalism

harveyhorse321's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

An amazing book, unlike anything I’ve read before - Glukhovsky has created a fascinating world with intriguing characters. Definitely creepy and scary at times, love the way he plays on the fear of the dark.
Would be even more interesting to get a grasp of the world from the view of more diverse characters - at the very least, women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

magdie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.0

I wanted to dnf several times, the most at the worm prison. I finished it only because it was recommended and borrowed from a friend. Potential spoilers although nothing specific. 
To me, the characters felt pretty flat, the plot either dragging or extremely rushed, the translation (Slovak) was pretty mediocre if not outright bad. I must admit this is not my usual genre but it's not like I can't enjoy a good apocalypse story. This one, however, was not quite it for me. At around the Great Worm time I got pretty bored by the Artom gets in trouble, almost dies but by plot armor or Deus-ex-machina-like device is saved by absolutely no effort or merit of his own. It felt like a lazy story structure. It also quite destroyed the attempt at tension since I knew that mc WILL survive and the others probably won't. The world building was pretty nice and interesting in global although in some places (mostly society) still didn't feel quite real. But I liked the contrast and tension between old and young characters and their outlook at the world that the author managed to create.
Also, probably just a pet peeve of mine, but where were all the women? If I remember correctly there were altogether 2 named female characters, both with maybe half a page of screentime (if that)....
But the ending was pretty good, really made for that Humans will destroy everything given the chance.

291, 332, 340

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Genocide

kuroishi_x's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

elisereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse

isaaah's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: War