Reviews tagging 'Death'

Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire

13 reviews

siu_rose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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? No

3.75

I enjoyed seeing so many characters coming together in one book. and it was interesting to get to know Mary and her powers and so on. I feel like some of her thoughts and attitudes got a little repetitive though. And taking the story as a whole, it felt a little slow; things that I expected to wrap up so that something else could happen didn’t wrap up until closer towards the end if at all. 

This book was darker than past books in the series; I actually found the treatment of grief well done and thoughtful. I am NOT happy about a character death and sure, in part it’s because of the character, but as I have reflected on it, I also think it felt unnecessary and not all that useful to the plot besides showing hey! this situation is serious! people can die! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

silentrequiem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Torture, and Murder

savagebean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Torture

cj13's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, War, Genocide, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Stalking

twiglt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

ninjamuse's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Torture

runner5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death

Minor: Hate crime, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

lacewing's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

cjbuys's review

challenging emotional tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

notthatkat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Hate crime, Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder and Cancer