Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

7 reviews

adina_zeling's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gore, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death, Racism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Alcoholism, Excrement, and Suicide

margaretrose's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Suicide, Racism, Kidnapping, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Murder, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide

bae0fpigs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Rape

allipan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Drug use

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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 is a really good follow-up to The Sympathizer. The stakes felt a little lower due to the change of settings (drug dealing scheme vs. war), but the book has the same compelling urge and forward momentum. Viet Thanh Nguyen is just such a strong and effective writer. I'm so glad I picked up both this and The Sympathizer, as they're not the types of books I generally read. You must know going in, however, that this book is violent and graphic. Content warnings abound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

caidyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Just like the first book, this is a hard one to rate and review. All I know is that I didn't like it as much as the first book and it was ten times more confusing that that first book. It was good, but I'd need to sit down and really concentrate hard to get all the nuances in the book. And I'd need to read it soon after rereading the first book. So, good but not great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

cherreadssharereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence