Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

33 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

lynny_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved this book and its predecessor when I was in my early teens, and while I didn’t love it as much as I did back then, I have enjoyed rereading these books. 

Now, I loved these books when I was younger, but I think some books just fit better with a younger audience and this series is definitely one of them. 

While rereading this book, I found myself picking up on aspects that I didn’t notice when I originally read this book, including two aspects in particular. 

Firstly, the characters, especially Tris and Tobias. Honestly, they were kind of insufferable at times. They both acted childish, Tobias spent pretty much the entire book being patronising, dismissive, and yelling at her while Tris spent the time swooning over Tobias and making stupid decisions. 

The side characters are very two dimensional, and I can honestly say that I don’t feel invested into any of them, or the main characters. 

The plot is fine, however that’s all it really is. It’s very basic, very overdone and everything about the plot in the first book that made this series different kind of just went downhill in this one for me. 

Overall, I didn’t hate this book but I definitely don’t love it the way I did as a teenager. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, and Classism

zrstevens33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad 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: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

shannonredwine8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse

blakelyschmidt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

Omg! This book was everything! I think I hoped so much for the character’s to achieve their goals that I felt I was in the story! There were times where I was just so sad for Tris that I couldn’t move. There were also times where I felt pure joy and this book brought the best of me into the real world! This book really makes you feel for this characters! This is a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Do not let how gory it is stop you! You will have to push through a lot of blood and abuse, but I promise it is worth the read!

bri_morgan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lucille152024's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

Insurgent was amazing, never down time while reading, your constantly engaged and plot twists every chapter, really really good 
100 percent recommend.. a little violence which I skipped a little but plot is great but a little heartbreaking and you really feel like your in the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and War

stripy_gloves's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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