Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

9 reviews

dave_ex_machina's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This book is glacially slow, with an extremely driest of humor and is extremely easy to put down. Well I understand is it a true sci-fi classic it was extremely difficult to get through I also did not expect it to be quite as depressing as it is. This may be partially because it has not aged well due to the pandemic (well time travel is involved this book is truly a pandemic book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

This book was much bleaker that I expected, was technically not grim dark it's pretty dang close!

chrisscorkscrew's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow!  A searing and heart-rending masterpiece.  Very powerful and perhaps rendered all the more so by the pandemic we experienced at the start of 2020.

This is not an easy rate, but it is worth the emotional journey,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-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

3.75

In a not so distant future, Historians are sent into the past to learn about contemporary societies. When the head of the university goes away for Christmas, the person he leaves in charge decides it’s high time to send a historian to the Middle Ages, but none could foresee how exactly things could go awry.

I quite enjoyed this read, although I do agree with other reviewers who comment that it could have been edited down substantially. It was incredibly detailed in a way that made you think small details might be important later but they were just that…small details. 

Outside of the lengthiness however, it was an interesting story with a good balance of fun and intensity. I enjoyed both storylines immensely. I would say that characters like Gilchrist were almost too stupidly oblivious to the world, but that’s how people in power often are. 

Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

chandlery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

iris_garden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Antisemitism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

rachelish's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Mentions of a fictional pandemic in 2014, detailed depiction of a deadly flu outbreak and of the bubonic plague

acesnsk8s's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy