Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

17 reviews

dykelberg's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I ate this up in 2 days - could not put it down. I loved the shifting perspectives for storytelling. There wasn't any one perspective I didn't enjoy reading about. Sometimes on of the character stories can be dull or not as engaging as the others and this was not the case.

The twist of Daniel/Sean/Carter being the same person wasn't a major unpredictable twist, but still had my brows raised. I feel like there were just enough foreshadowing hints to how the stories tied together that I felt satisfied, not taken from left field. And fuuuck Welland.

I do wish we got a little more about the Whistlers. I thought maybe Hannah would have become one and was to be one of the ones who helped Carter/Daniel with the staff lanyards. It would have been cool to explore more about how some characters really pushed against their dehumanization by getting more about the Whistler "society."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

mtnest's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nika_nix's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The concept of this book is brilliant and very ambitious. Unfortunately, the execution is lacking in many ways. I feel like the world is not explained well enough, I was left with many questions. Also, the final goal was not clear to me, where was the plot going the whole time? Way too many characters that didn't matter anyway, complex explanations for things that just turned out to be conveniences, no explanation for thing that actually mattered. I liked the idea behind how the three timelines connected and what the author tried to do with the three different povs but it just didn't work out in the end. I'm very disappointed becuse in theory, this could've been my favorite book, it has all the tropes I love. However, I'm left feeling kinda meh and the experience was very underwhelming. I'm hoping I have better luck with C. J. Tudor's next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Self harm, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

rachelnoel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

bookwitch_92's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

soobooksalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Hype is often for good reason!
I had serious FOMO once I started seeing all the fantastic reviews of CJ Tudor's The Drift all around these parts.
Take a bit of The Walking Dead, Alive, and even if current-day goings-on had swerved in another direction, and you've got this novel. (Though it's none of these plot points specifically.)
Chapters alternate between Hannah in a full overturned charter bus in the snow, Meg stranded with strangers in a cable car, and Carter in a mountain chalet known as the Retreat. 
Ominous enough for you?
Things get a little nasty at times, as apocalypses (apocalii?) are wont to do. There's action! Twists!
I loved this read. Perfect for cold snap weather reading. Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

melitta's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death