Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

5 reviews

gingerlaura's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

<b><i>Reread!</b></i>

I first read this book eons ago, as in probably over ten years ago. This book is definitely better than I remember it to be, and deserves a solid 4 stars instead of 3!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death

Minor: Vomit

v_neptune's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

the book isn't bad per se but it's just kinda weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Ableism, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

pointlessmoss's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Abandonment

lyss008's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

Apparently I've never written a review for this one, despite it being an all time fave.

I'll admit, the book does have some stigmatised language by way of teenage judgement, but as a whole it holds up over time. A bit of paranormal, a bit of mystery, this book remains one of my favourites! Happy it was also the first book I decided to annotate, too.

I appreciated Simon and Rae more this time around. Since the future books mix up the cast a bit differently, I always forget about Chloe and Rae's dynamic, as well as the fact that Chloe really only knew Liz for like a week. I also forget how sweet Simon was in book one - he really did come to Chloe's defense a lot more than I remembered and I loved their budding friendship.

My favourite book of the series is next so I'll see y'all on the other side of that one!

TW: blood, injury detail, vomit, fire injury/death, death, body horror, gaslighting; mentions death of a parent, suicide, murder, torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death, Gaslighting, Body horror, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder