Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

51 reviews

pulcotinette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

J'ai vu le film (écrit en même temps que le livre) à sa sortie en 2016, et je n'avais donc que des souvenirs confus du livre. Je n'ai pas été déçu par sa lecture : les personnes sont attachants, bien écrits, et le fait d'alterner les points de vue permet au lecteur une vision d'ensemble dans la situation. L'auteur ne prend pas forcément partie pour un personnage, ce qui permet de se faire ses propres attaches.
La morale, la ligne conductrice du livre, est vraiment intéressante et j'aurai aimé qu'elle soit plus mise en avant. Malgré tout, c'est celà que je retenais du film et qui m'a donné envie de lire le livre. 
La raison pour laquelle les enfants affams sont imunisés y est d'ailleurs mieux expliquée et plus logique.

J'ai beaucoup apprécié cette lecture, qui m'a donnée envie de lire plus de lire avec une apocalypse zombie d'un point de vue optimiste.

Au niveau du contenu, il y a mention de combats avec des armes à feu et de l'anthropophagie, mais ce n'est pas gore ou détaillé. On parle du sentiment de faim d'un personnage, de façon répétée mais plutôt superficielle. Contrairement à ce dont je me rappelais du film, ce n'est pas un livre d'horreur. On trouve aussi de la comp het (compulsory heteronormativity) en cela que les persos adultes masculin et féminin principaux sont forcément attirés l'un par l'autre.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Eating disorder

lindsaylhunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

Not sure how I feel about this one. Always love a bleak ending, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Medical trauma

katiemack's review against another edition

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

I’m torn about what to rate this one. While the premise and the events in the middle chunk read like a generic zombie story—I had to look up whether this came out before or after The Last of Us—the beginning and the end feel poignant and innovative. I think, too, my review would be different if I had read this nine years ago when it came out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Child death and Animal death

lpogo16's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is less horror and more a fantasy journey story. 

The story could have been edited down. There’s a lot that happens for the shock value or to make comments about other characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Spores, Mushrooms, Fungus

captainsillypants's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Gore

juledebaum2's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Torture, Stalking, Vomit, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Suicide

petit_lecteur's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Blood

vavocado's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jcole32's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Animal death