Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

8 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

cute_emo_bookboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

It's great! But not for people who don't like slow-pacing or find violence very triggering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

doppy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

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

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

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

I was really looking forward to read this because I love scifi, so I had great expectations. The scifi part of it was good. Not great or fantastic, but good. 
Still I have such mixed feelings about this book. 
It was soo slow paced and boring, so many descriptions and unnecessary subplots. Also character/plot holes - what happened to Hunter for example? It wasn't totally scifi, had some magic or fantasy moments that weren't explained, what happened in the tunnels in the start?? 
ALSO THE END? EXCUSE ME? WHAT HAPPENED THERE????? I NEED ANSWERS!!!
But I really liked the internal monologues of Artyom and I feel like a lot of people forget about this but he had such deep and meaningful thoughts, it was so great to read about it and tbh that's what saved this book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicide, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail