Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel

10 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: War, Miscarriage, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Self harm, and Genocide

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, War, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child death, Self harm, and Suicide

xosirenox's review against another edition

medium-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

2.0

I wish I'd recognised the author's name, because I found Sleeping Giants so boring, I could have avoided putting myself through this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Violence, War, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

cj13's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, War, and Homophobia

typewriter's review against another edition

adventurous reflective

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

3.5

The narration and tone felt a bit detached from the story to me, and I found that the author was a bit too flippant in his handling of some historical events, especially in the further reading section. Otherwise I appreciated the humour and the way historical events were worked into the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Torture

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

emaretea's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Death, Racism, Medical trauma, Murder, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Child death and Sexual assault

lycanhood's review

adventurous informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

sallysimply's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I wanted to looooove this book and I'm bummed that I didn't!

The Themis Files is one of my all-time favorite series and I love history, so I was eagerly anticipating this book. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this. I took some time after finishing the book to sort out how much of my disappointment was because this failed to meet my expectations and how much was because this just didn't work for me.

I like that this centers a mother-daughter relationship, even when Mia was a total pain. Pretty much everything about the tracker vs. the Kibsu worked for me - I love a messy, muddy breakdown of who is really the hero and who is the villain and is there even such a thing. I especially liked when and how we were introduced to the tracker's POV!

My main issue is that I didn't connect to any of the characters. I didn't much care about anything that happened to them in terms of their personal lives and how they lived their lives and where they were and what they were doing. I cared about how events were set up and how history unfolded within this world, but not about any of the people in it. That's a bit of a bummer.

I will still continue the series, and I'm actually really intrigued to see where this is going to go. I also wonder if a re-read might help so that I can more deeply appreciate all the history weaved into the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Homophobia, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Rape

kayleyhyde's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Rape