Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

71 reviews

robin_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Infidelity, Drug use, Murder, Death of parent, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

srocheteau's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

cpachet's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

This is my first Rachel Hawkins, had zero expectations going in. The plot moved quickly, I liked the multiple POVs looking back. Interesting twists and I wasn’t mad at the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Cancer, Drug use, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Stalking

twin1's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Lots of twists and turns

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Cannibalism

ameliaflint's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

This was a good thriller. I didn't expect the twist at all. But the book went so slowly for the first half, and then suddenly wham, everything's happening, and I could barely wrap my head around it. A little disappointed in this one since I loved The Wife Upstairs so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, and Drug use

bre88's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

It's a solid beach read or one for a lazy Sunday. Do not expect to be wowed by a twist in this one.  The story is about what you would expect - the characters are just interesting enough, the setting is beautiful and the pacing is at a clip that makes you feel like you should finish it. With that being said, it's a bit slow in the middle when the author attempts to build tension and mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Gun violence, and Infidelity

twistykris's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

goodgollymissmollee's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was really fun and I enjoyed it A LOT. However, the “thriller” aspect felt like an after thought tacked onto the end and I think I would have enjoyed it more without that portion. 

The book really didn’t even get rolling until there was only like 40 pages left and everything happened SO QUICKLY. Nothing was fleshed out and it felt so disjointed. Like it was an entirely different book I’d just stumbled into. 

First like 70% was 5 stars. The ending was like 1 star. So here we are at a 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Cancer, Gun violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

rebeccawalter's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder