Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

89 reviews

danimcthomas's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-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

5.0

Absolute perfection. I still haven’t stopped thinking about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicide

triley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Death of parent

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Violence and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

oriana095's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book, wow. This is the 20th book I have read this year and my favorite one so far. A multiperspective book on a fast acting pandemic with time jumps before and after this apocalypse. That basic intro into the book alone would've had me by the chokehold, I knew it had to do with a post-apocalyptic society but nothing more. It was the little moments for me though, that really made this. WHile the plot overall I found very interesting, the environment and motivations were all very realistic to me which made the small moments in this world all the more meaningful. I must read from me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

annaofjesup's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Genocide, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

amberelizabeth7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Mainly reviewing to preserve the quote I’d bookmarked but have to return the library book! 

This was a recommendation and while slightly slow to get into, turned out magnificently and I already kind of want to reread for stuff I likely missed.

I would say defo check trigger warnings, and don’t read if it’s too soon to read vividly your worst fears for how the recent pandemic could’ve gone….

“I’m talking about these people who’ve ended up in one life instead of another and they are just so disappointed. Do you know what I mean? They’ve done what’s expected of them they want to do something different but that’s impossible now, there’s a mortgage, kids, whatever, they’re trapped. Dan’s like that.” …. “….high functioning sleepwalkers, essentially” … “… I think people like him think work is supposed to be drudgery punctuated by very occasional moments of happiness, but when I say happiness, I mostly mean distraction. You know what I mean?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

vivvs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

liked the premise, wish the main plot had a little more oomph

i found myself wishing for a bigger conclusion about the prophet storyline. i liked the ending and what mandel decided to include in the dialogue and what she left unwritten

but writing was good and interesting format 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Death of parent