Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Collective by Alison Gaylin

43 reviews

katekatiekait's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicide attempt

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Alison Gaylin’s The Collective was every bit as good as I expected it to be, and then some. I’ve been dying to read this since its release, and it was well worth the wait. I loved the characters, and I liked the slow progression of the plot. Don’t confuse that with this book being slow though, because it was anything but. I was captivated from cover to cover and I think this author absolutely nailed the pacing. I liked the way information was revealed, and even though I saw the twist coming, I loved it. It felt Ike a natural progression of events, but it’s definitely a twist I can see other people being surprised by. If you’re a fan of dark psychological thrillers, I would definitely check this one out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, and Murder

jenniferliebe's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I didn’t really know what to expect going into it, but my heart was racing at the end of the book. I can’t say I agreed with the ending but you could kind of see it coming in a way. Lots of twists and turns! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

cozy_soul_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Wow! This book was haunting. The elusive "collective" was a living breathing group that you feel throughout this book. Their pain, their stories, the twisting and turning road of this story grips you till the crash. 

The main character dying by being thrown down the stairs blew my mind!!! The woman who she thought was her friend, was the leader. "Open your eyes," is so haunting as she was always talking to the leader. 

I was torn about the end, but it made sense since the women could be anywhere. Anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

lcl_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was highly disturbing, which I guess is good for a thriller. Like after reading it I really wanted to know if the author is ok. The plot was unique and although I had a hunch about one of the twists at the end, I was genuinely surprised by most of the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

klandry98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

teah_jilly's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape

tomilola's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

wai's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

Decent thriller with a bit of a twist at the end. I enjoyed it but wasn't particularly riveted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

sharkgirl45's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic