Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Gemina by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

20 reviews

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

taryn_g's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Child death

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Minor: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and War

beckycarter97's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Animal death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Child death

short_circuit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"good luck, hannah donnelly. the universe itself depends on you. ...no pressure."

i didn't like this one as much as i liked illuminae, but hannah and nik have quickly made their way into my favorite battle couples of all time. right next to kady and ezra and AIDAN, in fact. huh. funny how that works out.

best character is by far ella. sorry AIDAN, still love you more than anything, but i love me a sassy hacker genius. she and hannah and nik are the girlbosses of all time.

all in all, gemina is definitely an excellent follow-up to illuminae. can't wait to get my hands on obsidio!

(once again, heed the content warnings. this one's just as violent as the first, now with added drug use.)

'and waiting for her on the other side? just like he promised.

'a whole sky of different stars.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

lucilaroife's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Cursing and Child death

mengzhenreads's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was still good, but it didn't hit as hard as the first book for me. It was thrilling and exciting, but I felt like I always knew what was going to happen next and found a lot of the plot twists to be really predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

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

Minor: Child death and Genocide

caoimhe9876's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, and Torture

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

2nd read:
May 2021 - 5 stars

I'm scratching my head, wondering why I gave this 4 stars the first time around? This was incredible!

I am still completely in love with the mixed-media formatting of this series: it kept me engaged, and intrigued with the turn of every page. Although I enjoyed Kady and Ezra more in Illuminae, Hanna and Nik were still very fun to read from (and their tension? *chef's kiss*) Ella was a great character as well, as were our villains Falk and Rapier! I can't wait to see how this series ends!

1st read:
January 2018 - 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

death of a pet, mention of mutilation of a corpse

scarlettskyes's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

My first advice to anyone reading this series is to take a small break between each book. It is very difficult to change into the mindset that the two main characters of Gemina are not the main characters of Illuminae, though there are plenty of similarities. I had originally picked it up immediately after finishing Illuminae but put it back down within a few pages because I was too confused with the change of perspective. After reading two or three other books in between however, I tried it again and absolutely loved it. The graphic designs included in the book are just as incredible as the first one (though I found that the first few chats were way too dark contrast wise and actually were physically difficult to read, though that may have been a printing mistake), with some very creative ways of exploring the world and the characters. I especially loved the journal entries written by Hanna as they were a unique format not present in the first book. Every small cameo from Kady was hilarious, and some of the plot twists while predictable were still very interesting. I am rating this book a little lower than the first because I found that Nik was a less interesting version of Ezra while Hanna was a less interesting version of Kady. It was still a very interesting read that I have recommended to other people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Violence