Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Gathering by C.J. Tudor

8 reviews

chloecam's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

absolutely loved this - i would SO love another book exploring the world and following Barbara!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, and Gun violence

paronomaniac's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

josiesprobablyreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Gun violence

katelynprice's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed the overall vibe and mystery of this book, but I found the mystery wrap-up in the end to be rushed, a bit underwhelming, and confusing. Barbara was a great main character, and I would definitely read another book about her if there is a sequel. The social commentary was right up my alley, but I can definitely see it being off-putting to some readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Infertility, Rape, Grief, Miscarriage, Dementia, Gun violence, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Alcoholism, and Animal death

amy_reading_23's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This is a well written and fast paced book. I'd say it fits more the crime genre than fantasy, it just happens to have vampires in it. I think it was an interesting take on vampires and they were certainly used as a device to explore real life issues like prejudice, inequality, and scapegoating. The vampire colony shared a lot of similarities to native American reservations and how indigenous people of America have been treated - I am not indigenous or American so can't really say if this was done sensitively but it seemed to be to me. It was certainly interesting, and it's one of my favourite things magical books does - is to hold a mirror up to society and make us think. 

I thought it was refreshing to have a middle aged plus sized lesbian protagonist and I mostly enjoyed her character, however I was dissapointed by one throw away comment towards the end that she should cut down on calories. I would love it if one day we could have a plus sized character who isn't told or isn't thinking about losing weight.

This book doesn't shy away from the heavy topics, and some content is quite explicit, so if you are worried about finding some things triggering then check out the content warnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Rape

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Death of parent, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Gun violence

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

morethanmylupus's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This one was so good! The small-town Alaska setting was the perfect atmospheric backdrop. The town is rife with history (none of it too positive, of course) around how they humans have treated vampyrs in the past. Some of that history gets pretty dark, so do check trigger warnings if you have topics that you prefer to avoid. This history is layered over the usual small-town drama and while I'd find that to be too much drama for me, Tudor has worked the vampyric drama and history seamlessly into the small-town life.

The thriller elements were great. I didn't even come close to guessing all the twists. The world-building was also incredibly well done with a lot of showing not telling and minimal info dumps. 

I'm crossing my fingers that the ending means we might get a book 2, which would be incredible.

 

A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Child abuse