Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey

11 reviews

geekmom's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

This book was fresh and original and completely sucked me in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Cursing, and Blood

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia

gowlstick's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

I have never considered myself someone who enjoys reading scifi as one of my major genres but in all honesty The Book of Koli is making me rethink that. The series is set in the far future after some variety of events brought about the fall of the human race (for the most part). Most people are living isolated lives never daring to venture out to other villages. 

I found it slightly difficult to follow at first given the way the POV is written. I can say it's worth continuing though, and it created a pretty unique view as a reader, seeing as some things considered 'ancient' to the current story they might be commonplace in current real time. I found that this combined with the degree of information we can glean from the characters was what really caught me to keep reading.

The book also has a diverse set of main characters and it is one of the few books I've read that has multiple transgender characters where it is a large part of their life but thankfully isn't the only defined characteristic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Cannibalism, Dysphoria, and Deadnaming

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I don’t like the style of the opening narration, something about it doesn’t work for me. I think it’s that Koli is narrating from so far in the future, it makes it feel like being told a rambling story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Pregnancy, and Violence

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: War, Classism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Transphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying

aralakh's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Transphobia

nixusiai's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

LOVED this so much. can't wait to read the others because wowww!!! 

impeccable world building, seeing the beginnings of found family and the seamlessness way trans characters were introduced....*chefs kiss* thanks mr. mr carey :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage and Transphobia

courtsbooks's review

adventurous reflective 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: Animal death, Violence, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Transphobia, Incest, and Infertility

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

bookswithjk's review

adventurous challenging 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

The story starts off slow, but once you become accustomed to the language, the pacing really picks up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia, Death, Confinement, Infertility, and Cannibalism