Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

15 reviews

karengobragh's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War

nukie19's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

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Absolutely beautifully written love story through multiple lives with a really interesting twist. I loved the MCs discussions about heroes and villains especially in the context of their situation. Honestly the less said about this one the better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

kphmitten's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I don't know why but I'm a sucker for "I will find and love you in every lifetime" trope. I knew this story would break my heart in some ways and it did. It also has so much hope in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization

psychnp's review against another edition

1.5

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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Painfully slow
While a fairly unique idea, reads like a writing assignment with a prompt about soulmates and/or reincarnation. I cannot recall another book that had such little plot and such limited character development simultaneously

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War

fairynanook's review against another edition

2.75

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The premise for this book was so interesting, but the plot just doesn't deliver.  The reincarnations were interesting enough, but we never learned anything much through them, so that when the actual reason for the plot came about, it felt out of left field and ridiculous.  I didn't like that part, even a little bit.  Then there was a hastily added "why" towards the very end.  The author poorly tries to give the characters a happy ending, but in reality, it all falls very short of the mark.  All in all, I would not recommend this book at all.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

sms29's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I liked this, but not as much as I hoped I would. I didn’t realize it was YA at first and I think most of the issues I had with the book may have been improved if it was Adult instead of YA. 

I loved the concept and got hooked by the plot pretty quickly. I also really enjoyed that we got to see Evelyn and Arden’s lives (briefly) through the last 1000 years. The end was probably the most impactful for me and I enjoyed the twist at the end.

I also loved the Greece chapter to wrap up their origin story.

On the flip side, I felt very little connection to the characters because of the consistent switching of time periods and lives. I wish that the book was actually longer so as to spend more time in each life,

rather than generally just finding out how they find each other and die

. This also made it difficult for me to believe that Evelyn and Arden had a deep, epic love. It shined in the last few chapters, but I wanted it throughout. I also wanted to explore the twist more. 

Overall, Our Infinite Fates was good and I may read it again in the future. The writing was also pretty good and I may read more by this author in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, War

Minor: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Classism

yilliun's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, War

xallia's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Every once in a while a book come around that makes the reader feel sad that it’s over and happy for the experience. This is one of those books. It has quickly become my favorite book of all time and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a true love story. If I could rate it higher than 5 stars I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

chutnyy's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book was good. Definitely not something I was expecting. I loved Evelyn and her journey through the ups and downs. This book made me appreciate life and my loved ones more. A fate I would not wish to be in. The ending was sweet and I very much enjoyed the authors writing. Thank you for making this book Laura!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War

hannahjaynej's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Classism