Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

8 reviews

eoviattb's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

mbedrosian's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Bullying, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Excrement, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

karmapen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Child abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, Excrement, Cursing, Blood, and Alcoholism

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Incest, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Excrement

horizonous's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Infidelity

◦ Animal death = Hunting, field dressing
◦ Body horror = Mutilation

sarah_ann_roth's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

The one novel I had to read in high school that I'd like to read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Murder

cknighbor's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I struggled to like this. Some of the writing was beautiful, but the plot was so brutal and the language got unnecessarily descriptive at parts. I had a hard time wanting to keep reading it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Excrement, Mental illness, and Cursing

bluedilly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness