Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Nana by Brandon Massey

2 reviews

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

The story was decent but it was really hard to feel the tension when I just didn't care about the characters. The characters were kind of flat and dismissive of eachother. I didn't care about Monica (the victim in the story) because when the story was told from Troy's (Monica's husband) perspective he didn't really seem like he cared about her. He only seemed to care about being right, which made it hard to care about him. 

The story is kind of predictable, but that wouldn't have been a problem if the characters were more developed. We immediately got into the "tense" part of the story without learning anything about the characters. Well, we did learn two things one is that Monica struggles to parent her strong willed daughter and that Troy is a f**k boy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

eve81's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, and Abandonment