Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

8 reviews

readingelli's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Torture

palindrometodd's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, and Body horror

ctara2123's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, Animal death, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

elkboy23's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Rape, Grief, and Domestic abuse

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, Torture, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Body horror

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, and Pedophilia

foreverinastory's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

This was fantastic and now I hurt.

Rep: Bisexual male MC, MC's father is an alcoholic, achillean (gay coded) love interest with PTSD, asexual male side character, gay/achillean male side characters, Latine/x male side character

CWs: Graphic: Abandonment, alcohol consumption, blood, death, death of parents, grief, gun violence, injury/injury detail, mental illness (anxiety), murder, sexual content (one scene very graphic, several instances of sexual innuendo), violence, vomit. Moderate: body horror, child abuse/torture, kidnapping, alcoholism, emotional abuse (parents/child), suicidal thoughts. Minor: animal death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

kharlan3's review

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

4.25

(m/m, werewolves, romance). I don't understand the hold these books have on me, but I cannot escape it. 399 pages in 28 hours in which I also like..worked. But these books seriously LIVE in my brain. IDK if it's good, but I know I like it. I think part of it is that I like immersive books and this world feels very lived in to me. Part of it is definitely being, mostly, a bubble of one during a global pandemic and the intense, extended platonic chosen family physicality that these books have. I read Wolfsong this time with my eyes, but last time I listened to Kirt Graves read it to me, and hearing the voice he gave to the books in my head this time definitely also contributed. The book isn't perfect- Klune uses "glassy" for pain and Ox's dad's "get shit" speech a bit too repetitively, and I still can't decide how I feel about the age gap. & the white Bennetts having "territory" that "belongs" to them for so many generations feels icky. But the found family, the pack (especially Rico and Jessie and Elizabeth), the cuddle piles, the nature, the lack of "all I want is to be a werewolf", and the setup for what I know is coming.... I really like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Rape