Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

602 reviews

jgoodwin's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

coles14_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, and Incest

rory1387's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

please! read! the! trigger! warnings! before! starting! the! book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

may_befoundinatheatre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

rearic's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I was enamored with this book, but for the life of me I could not tell you why. Perhaps just the anticipation of what was to come forced me to keep reading. The writing style was amazing as well.
The ending left me a bit disappointed, hence a 4/5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Incest, and Physical abuse

plxtoprojector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

turnaboutcafe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

• holy shit this was so good when will i ever read anything this good in my life ever????
• 100% would reread just to annotate again because this was so good
• henry winters???? so smart??? and tragic????
• literally i see why this book is so famous, it's so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Incest

navayiota's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

No wonder it's such a beloved story, I couldn't stop listening even for a moment. I want to own a copy of this book and read it again. How vivid and atmospheric, it made me want to learn ancient Greek and go to college to study it. Absolutely adored the horrible protagonists, such flawed characters and yet it was so easy for me to love them. I'm so glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

pattyt08's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, and Incest

placebogirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder