Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Gemina by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

19 reviews

alexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death

jessi_c's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Exciting follow up to Illuminae! Enjoyed the continuation of biological terror mixed in with man-made hunts. The last 80 pages will keep my head spinning for the next 48 hrs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Death of parent

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louisallama's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

That part at the 600 page mark where Hanna and Nik's actions in the parallel universes is side by side on the page was one of the best moments I've ever had reading a book, and certainly the most impressed I've ever been with a book. The Illuminae Files continue to redefine what a novel can be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gun violence, and Murder

eloise__'s review

4.0

Ella and Mr Biggles II are so great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

laurenevlyn's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

These books somehow manage to be innovative in an area that is thousands of years old. The Illuminae series is groundbreaking, funny, emotional, dark, imaginative, and incredibly well made. My only issue in reading this book was the transcription sections. I fully understand and see the value of their inclusion (and I adore how they’ve managed to make a lovable character just from the way the transcriber describes the videos), but it threw off the rapid pace that I had grown accustomed to from the chat logs and AIDAN. Other than that, this was absolutely incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Drug abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and War

Minor: Grief and Medical content

valslibrary's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Gemina takes place on the Heimdall Station shortly after the attack on Kerenza and the events of Illuminae. Nik and Hanna try to defend their home and survive the hostile takeover of the Heimdall Station while the details of what happened in book 1 come to light. It's super fun and a great sequel to Illuminae! I loved getting to explore different characters that are dealing with the fallout of the attack on Kerenza! Really loving this series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, and Violence

moodzie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

a true rollercoaster ride 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Violence, and Gun violence

linus_rieper's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Tore through the book. I loved the first one, though it set an impossible standard to follow. This is still a great book. The action is intense, the stakes are high and it's overall a very immersive experience to read.

I saw a lot more of the twists coming this time, but that can also be satisfying. And overall it was a fascinating read, I feel like I learned something new.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Drug use

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, War, Child death, and Vomit

birdy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Gore, War, Vomit, Cursing, Suicide, Self harm, Medical content, and Mass/school shootings