Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Swamp Story by Dave Barry

5 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Drug use, and Misogyny

Minor: Car accident, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

Everglades alligator is the animal death in question; someone shoots it in the head when it tries to attack another person/animal.

aharper's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Infidelity

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

megan_danyelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book would be 5 stars if it weren't for the inclusion of the main antagonists. The way they were written was trauma-triggering and completely out of place for the care-free comedy book that this is. The main two antagonists could have been completely written out completely and the story wouldn't have changed drastically, and the missing links could have easily been connected using the secondary antagonists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

backyardroses's review

funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

waterbear0821's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I love Dave Barry. I grew up on his audiobooks on car trips with my family and this book was absolutely a comfort read and “junk food” for my brain. When I just want to enjoy a story, Dave Barry is a safe bet. I scream laughed multiple times. If you know anything about him or his writing, you already know what to expect: wacky characters, outlandish bad guys, madcap hijinks, wild animal cameos, and extreme Florida-ness in general. This book doesn’t disappoint, but at times it’s hard to read. Yes, we understand they are bad guys, but there are only so many times I want to read them threaten to commit sexual violence. Happily, as with all Barry’s novels, it’s all tied up nicely with a bow at the end. Enjoy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Violence, Ableism, Drug use, and Sexism