Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

L'Examen by Sylvain Neuvel

13 reviews

spacebot3000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Islamophobia

juliezantopoulos's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

I am not sure I have words for this one. I love Sylvain's writing, but this was...dark. And I'm not entirely sure that it had to be in order to get the point across. I understand dystopian worlds and alternate futures, but this felt a little like torture porn, a book written purely to shock. It's not the first time a book on the morality of choosing who lives and who dies has been written...but this was a little much. 

It does a good job of packing a punch in a short novella. There's a deeper meaning and diversity of character, but I didn't love this one the way I hoped I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Medical content

readandfindout's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 3 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape