Reviews tagging 'Death'

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

285 reviews

amaya_s's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Pregnancy

leighkelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, and Abandonment

nicolelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.75

It took me a bit to get into this but once I did, I fell in love with the characters and ended up loving the book. Such a wonderful story of unconnected threads connecting and getting all tied up. Marcellus’ POV was a delight and I loved seeing the other characters’ growth and development over the course of the book. Audio was the way to go for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Addiction

sarabookshelf's review against another edition

emotional

4.0

Warm and sweet, even though the plot twist was a bit predictable. But nonetheless, a lovely story that deals with quite difficult topics with heart and compassion. Oh and I absolutely wish we got more of the octopus' POV and backstory, since it was the best character in the story for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

kaori_yugen's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Animal death, and Child death

marippe's review

3.75

“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Child death, and Grief

megj23's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use and Abandonment

risemini's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Death

m_maria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The book's action unfolds slowly but leads to quite unexpected events. I loved octopus'es diary entries as a part of the narration.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Death

alastaire's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? No

3.75

Very heavy, death focused. 
I loved each of the characters but thought the general message of the book was a bit off. More info on that in spoiler:

I thought they were setting up a found family story but then it didn't matter to the characters (as in they didn't form a closer familial type bond with each other) until they discovered that they were actually related by blood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, and Cancer

Minor: Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Animal death